A 24-year-old man was shot in the back of his head and killed early yesterday morning at his home off Fire Trail Road.
#Police have not identified the victim, but family members said he is Omar Barton, a father-of-one.
#Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander, acting officer-in-charge of the Central Detective Unit, said police received reports shortly after 3.30am that shots were heard inside a home in the Jubilee Gardens subdivision.
#“When police arrived on the scene, they found the lifeless body of a male in the front section of the home with a gunshot wound. Police do not have a motive for the shooting at this time. However, we have an adult male in custody who is assisting us with this investigation,” Chief Supt Fernander said.
#Mr Barton’s brother, Oneil Thurston, admitted that his brother was “no angel” and had “run ins with the law”, but said he did not deserve to die.
#“He was not a perfect person. He had his ups and downs with the law, but he loved his family and we loved him,” Mr Thurston told The Tribune.
#“He got into trouble when he was growing up but it was nothing serious, petty theft and smoking and stuff but he did not have a record and he did not do anything serious. He was working for himself and getting himself together.
“We think this is a domestic incident and we think someone knows something. We just want justice for him. That’s all my mother wants and she isn’t doing very well right now.”
#This latest homicide brought the country’s murder count to 99 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.
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