Two shot dead, two injured in St James shootings

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Two shot dead, two injured in St James shootings

Shooting incidents in two St James communities on Wednesday night has left two men dead and two others nursing bullet wounds. Those killed have been identified as 58-year-old chef Kirk Grigg of Cornwall Courts, Montego Bay and 28-year-old labourer Stephen Clarke, otherwise called 'Vicious' of Rose Heights.

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