BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis today (Sept. 17) has recorded its 22nd homicide for the year with the shooting death of a young man from Cayon.
Information reaching SKNVibes states that at about 12:50 p.m., Jason Morton of Hermitage Village in Lower Cayon was shot multiple times to the body, including his head.
Another young man, Anthony Pringle, who is said to be from Basseterre and was reportedly in Morton’s company, was also shot.
According to reports, a number of individuals had entered the village in a black motorcar and opened fire in the direction of Morton and Pringle.
While Morton died on the spot, just to the entrance of his home with half of his body outside the premises, Pringle received two bullet wounds, one to his shoulder and another to his back, and was seen running in the direction of the Cayon Police Station and was later transported to the JNF General Hospital by ambulance.
This media house also learnt that the perpetrators had made good their escape in the same car that took them to the crime scene.
This is not the first time that Morton was shot.
At about 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, the then 20-year-old Morton was shot while in the National Bank’s automated teller machine (ATM) kiost in the vicinity of TDC Home and Building Depot on the Frigate Bay Road.
SKNVibes had understood, at that time, Morton and a number of men were travelling in a vehicle along the Frigate Bay Road and the driver had stopped for him to withdraw some money from the ATM.
However, while in the kiosk, a lone masked gunman approached and fired a number of shots hitting him in the region of his buttocks and one of his legs.
It was also understood that on seeing the gunman approaching, those who were in the vehicle disembarked and ran to safety.
Also, at the time when he was shot, Morton was earlier released from police custody. He was reportedly assisting the officers in their investigations into an incident in which Deshawn ‘Struggle’ Williams of Ottley’s Village was shot on Friday, May 15, 2015 while seated among friends under what is known as The Big Tree in the vicinity of the basketball court.
Jason Morton’s death has taken to 22 the amount of homicides committed in the Federation for the year; six on Nevis and 16 on St. Kitts.
