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A Hitman Came To His Doorstep
posted (November 14, 2018)
A father of 2 was murdered on the doorstep of his home in San Pedro Town Last night, while his wife, children, and sister-in-law were all present.

At around 7:30 p.m. 37 year-old Cyril Gladston Jones, a labourer of the San Pedrito area of the island was at home with his family. That's when someone someone whistled outside their house to get their attention. Cyril Jones reportedly opened the front door, to see who their visitor was.

It was a gunman - a killer sent to carry out a hit. Police say that the gunman immediately opened fire on him, hitting him once to the face, just above his top lip. He fell on the ground, in the doorway's main entrance, which is where he died.

At today's drug destruction, the press asked Deputy Commissioner Chester Williams about the case, and here's what he had to say:

Chester Williams, Commander of Operations
"Sometime after 8:00 pm last night San Pedro police were called to the San Pedrito area responding to information of shots being fired. Upon arrival they saw the lifeless body of one Cyril Jones, it was lying on the ground motionless at his home with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his head. He was transported to the San Pedro polyclinic where he was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctor out there. Police have since detained four persons in connection with that murder investigation and the investigation continues."

The Scenes of Crime personnel retrieved 6 expended shells at the scene. They also detained several persons - including a 14 year old, who are all from the very same San Pedrito area. At this time, those detainees are being investigated for Jones' murder.

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