The US city of Chicago has recorded 235 murders so far for 2017, and tonight the news is about a Belizean-American with Belmopan roots who was killed there over the weekend. 35 year old Jermaine James, who is known as, "Jayblood Rasta" was stabbed to death in Chatham, a community in Chicago's Southside on Sunday night.
News reports from Chicago say that at 11:48 James was in the 400 block of East 79th Street when he got into an argument with another man. The other man took out a knife and stabbed him multiple times all over his body.
James, who lived in the same area he was killed, was pronounced dead at 12:08 a.m. on Monday at the scene. The attacker ran away and Chicago police say no one is in custody.
Notably, Jermaine James was one of two men charged for a shooting that happened at a Belize Fest in Chicago back in August 2016. James was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
According to his relatives in Belmopan, he was born in the US and spent most of his life there. He leaves behind a 5 year old boy.
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