Lyng Street, Charlestown, vendor Carl Cameron, 48, was yesterday stabbed to death by a 30-year-old man.
In a statement today, the police said that Cameron had been accused by the suspect of sharing a video on social media of the suspect being intimate with his girlfriend.
The police said that yesterday Cameron was in front of his yard selling confectioneries when the suspect went up to him with a pointed object – thought to be an icepick – and dealt Cameron five stabs; three to his chest and two to his back.
The victim fell to the ground and the suspect made good his escape.
The police say that Cameron was picked up and taken to GPHC, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor, while receiving medical attention. The body is presently at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Police have since put out a wanted bulletin for Kevin Hendricks, 30, of Lyng Street, Charlestown.
