ST. JAMES, JAMAICA (HORRIFIC & GRUESOME KILLINGS) : Girl, 8, among four shot dead in Richmond Hill...The deceased have been identified as Shaya Prince, 8; her mother, 28-year-old Loy Loraine Watson, also called Latti; Junior Peter Scott, 26, of Waterhouse in Kingston; and 22-year-old Kimali Walker of Denham Town, also in Kingston.... WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END?

BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, March 20, 2015    

RICHMOND HILL, St James — The St James police say they are following several leads in their investigation of yesterday's fatal shooting of four people, including an eight-year-old girl.

People gather near the house where four persons were shot
and killed in Richmond Hill, St James, yesterday morning.
(PHOTO: PHILLIP LEMONTE)

The deceased have been identified as Shaya Prince, 8; her mother, 28-year-old Loy Loraine Watson, also called Latti; Junior Peter Scott, 26, of Waterhouse in Kingston; and 22-year-old Kimali Walker of Denham Town, also in Kingston.

Police said yesterday that they were seeking Watson's ex-boyfriend, who allegedly trailed the eight-year-old girl from her Montego Bay school earlier this week to her family home in Richmond Hill. The estranged lovers reportedly had a verbal confrontation in the community that day.

Police reported that between 2:00 am and 2:30 am yesterday residents heard a barrage of gunshots coming from the direction of the house occupied by the four.

Patricia Coley, Scott's mother, who has made Richmond Hill her home since 2007, said she was shocked when she went to visit her son about 6:30 yesterday morning.

"When I went down there I pushed the door and saw him lying down between the stove and the doorway and when I look over I saw the other three lying near the back door. I shake him and nothing, so I came out back and sit down on the step," said the distraught woman.

Police theorise that the attackers removed two panes of glass from a window, through which they fired inside the room occupied by the four. Scott, who was reportedly found clutching an ice-pick, is believed to have attempted to defend himself upon realising that the home was being invaded.

Scott's mother explained that her son, who lived between Waterhouse and Richmond, had rented a section of the home only two months ago.

She revealed that her son recently entered into a common-law relationship with Watson, who moved in to live with him. The eight-year-old girl also lived with them. more