Jamaica: Police hunt killers of funeral home director

Wayne Nash shot dead at his bar

(Jamaica Observer) The police in Manchester are on the search for the killers of a popular business man who was fatally shot in the parish Saturday morning.

The businessman, 39-year-old Wayne Nash, a funeral home director, was fatally shot and his licensed firearm stolen by gunmen in the usually quiet community of Mile Gully in the parish’s north-east end.

Police reports are that shortly after 1:00 am Nash was at one of his business establishments, a bar, when armed men entered and proceeded to rob patrons. It is further reported that during the robbery Nash was shot, and his licensed firearm stolen.

He was taken to hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.