Junior Watson - Murder #261

Junior Watson

Murder #261: Male 22 years old, shot dead.

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed while liming outside a bar in D'Abadie yesterday.  Police reports indicate that at about 3 a.m., Junior Watson of Reid Lane, D'Abadie, was standing outside a bar along the Eastern Main Road, when a marked vehicle pulled up alongside him.  The occupants in the vehicle opened fire on the 22-year-old man, hitting him several times. The assailants then fled the scene.  Watson was hit multiple times about his torso and upper body and he died on the scene.

Phillip McKenzie - Murder #260

Phillip McKenzie

Murder #260: Male 53 years old, shot dead.

Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding Tuesday night’s killing of 53-year-old Phillip McKenzie. According to police reports, at about 7.45 pm on Tuesday residents of Fourth Street, Simeon Road, Petit Valley, heard several loud explosions and later found McKenzie at the side of the road with bullet wounds.

When approached at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday his relatives did not speak with the media. His killing has taken the murder toll to 260 for the year according to the Homicide Bureau of Investigations.