By Erica James-King, Staff ReporterWESTERN BUREAU:
THE WESTMORELAND police are yet to make a breakthrough in their investigations into Wednesday night's murder of a security guard in Savanna-la-Mar.
The Savanna-la-Mar CIB told The Gleaner that they have not been able to uncover enough evidence to clearly establish the identity of the killers. However, they point out that the probe into the circumstances surrounding the murder is continuing.
In the meantime, the police theorise that robbery was the motive for the killing, since a firearm and ammunition were stolen during the incident.
Dead is 43-year-old Orville Morris, a security guard of Castle Mountain, Westmoreland. Reports are that Morris, who was attached to Naval Guard Security Company, was shot dead by gunmen in Savanna-la-Mar on Wednesday night and his loaded firearm taken by the robbers.
According to the police, at about 9:30 p.m., Morris was on duty at a service station at Dunbar River in the town, when a white Toyota Corolla motor car with three men aboard drove onto the compound. The men pulled guns and opened fire hitting Morris several times, before escaping with his Taurus revolver serial number 2145395 with six rounds of ammunition.
The police were summoned and Morris was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His death brings to 17, the number of murders committed in Westmoreland since the start of the year. During the corresponding period last year, there were some 19 murders.
Meanwhile, Sergeant Alva Douglas of the Westmoreland police says the law enforcers see no need at this time to beef up their patrols in the parish capital, because of the latest murder.
"We already have routine patrols in Savanna-la-Mar, so there is no need to increase patrols in that area at this time, as the crime rate is relatively low," Sergeant Douglas said.
