ST. ELIZABETH, JAMAICA (MASSIVE AGONY & PAIN ON THE ELDERLY) : Quadruple Murder In Ginger Hillas agony continued to reel after masked hoodlums pumped countless shots into Ezra Wright, 73; Archibald Brown, 61 and his 58-year-old brother, George, killing them on the spot. The fourth man, Morris Sanderson, 41, died in hospital, later Wednesday night....Conroy said his father received 15 shots and was robbed of $24,000 he had in his possession.

Published:Friday | May 29, 2015Gary Spaulding Jamaica Gleaner

Four men, three elderly and one middle-aged, begged for their lives but a group of murderous thugs would not be deterred on a night when the celebration of life became deadly.

Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer Merle Wright,
 (right) wife of 73-year-old Ezra Wright, who was shot
 dead by gunmen at his shop in Claremont in Ginger Hill,
St Elizabeth, Wednesday night. With her is her
 sister Juliet, Billingo.

Yesterday, the people of the remote community of Ginger Hill in St Elizabeth continued to reel after masked hoodlums pumped countless shots into Ezra Wright, 73; Archibald Brown, 61 and his 58-year-old brother, George, killing them on the spot.

The fourth man, Morris Sanderson, 41, died in hospital, later Wednesday night. The haunting spectre of anguish, grief and fear robbed the placid farming community of not only the four senior community members, but its innocence as well.

George Brown

Dried blood, broken bottles and numerous bullet punctured holes in the wooden walls of the shop, served as testimony of the agony of the night. It was a night when two brothers - both senior citizens - met tragic ends as they celebrated the birthday milestone of a golden ager whose life was also snuffed out in the carnage.

And yet again, a group of domino players became the unsuspecting targets of marauding murderers. While murderous rampage is somewhat commonplace in some communities, not so in the placid hills of St Elizabeth.

The killings sparked untold fear in the hearts of residents. For the people, losing four of their own in one fell swoop, is too much to bear. "We can't feel good, this has traumatised everyone in the community," lamented Conroy Wright, son of 73-year-old Ezroy Wright, the operator of a shop. It was Wright who was celebrating his birthday when the hoodlums struck.

Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer
 A resident of
Claremont in apparent disbelief after
four men were
shot and killed at a shop in the district.

Conroy said his father received 15 shots and was robbed of $24,000 he had in his possession.

Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer Police
and residents gather at the shop after the
shooting of of four men in Claremont,
Ginger Hill and St Elizabeth Wednesday night.

Shop Robbed

The younger Wright told The Gleaner the masked men also cleared goods out of the small shop. Ezra's wife, Merl Wright, sat in a silent daze beside her sister, Juliet Billings. Wright's brother, Rupert Smith, also appeared distraught.

"Me can't believe me one brother dead and leave me alone," Smith moaned. "Them kill me brother without a cause." more