1-y-o, dad injured in deadly gun attack

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1-y-o, dad injured in deadly gun attack

Residents of a section of Spanish Town in St Catherine are now fearful after a deadly gun attack on Sunday night that left one man dead and another injured as well as his one-year-old daughter. The residents of Letterbox Lane, a part of 41...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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