The police say they are investigating the murder of Courtney Younge, a 56-year-old labourer of Lot 643 ‘D’ Field Sophia, which occurred at about 20:30hrs on Thursday at Lot 636 ‘D’ Field Sophia at the hands of a man who was armed with a shotgun.
According to Vincent Cozier, a 57-year-old driver of ‘D’ Field Sophia, he is presently constructing a house at Lot 636 ‘D’ Field Sophia and Younge was working for him as a labourer. At about 19:00 hrs on Thursday evening, Cozier said he was at the work site when Younge visited him.
He stated that they then started consuming alcohol. Younge was sitting on two concrete blocks facing morth while he was sitting on a concrete block to his left inside the yard. At about 20:30 hrs, while they were in the yard consuming alcohol, he observed the suspect approaching on a pedal cycle, stopping in front of the yard where they were and running in with what appeared to be a shotgun in his hands.
As he entered the yard, he approached Younge, pointed the gun at him and discharged a round in his direction. Younge fell to the ground, after which the suspect exited the yard, mounted the pedal cycle, rode off in a western direction along the street.
The body is at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem Examination. Police are looking for the suspect as investigations continue.
