The Kingston eastern police say they have arrested and charged 18-year-old Christopher Bryan, nicknamed 'Short and Thick', of Rockfort, Kingston, with three counts of murder, resulting from the death of seven persons in the same community last October.

Bryan is charged with the murder of Marlon Hurd, 26; Shanita Smith, 18; and their four-month-old baby, Lonaijuah. All three were killed at their Norman Terrace home when gunmen invaded it and shot them as they slept.

The police say the accused was picked up in a raid in the August Town area where he was hiding out. He is booked to appear in the Gun Court section of the Home Circuit Court on Friday.

Bryan's arrest brings to four the number of persons arrested and charged for the Rockfort killings.

The Kingston eastern police are seeking the final suspect, Christopher Thomas, otherwise called 'Christopher Brown' or 'Charlie Wapp', of a Rockfort address.

Information on his whereabouts can be conveyed to the Elletson Road CIB at 942-4200, 119 or the nearest police station.

Three killed in manchester

Meanwhile, yesterday morning, the quiet district of Lancaster in south Manchester was plunged into mourning, following the shooting death of three men from the community. Dead are Donovan Samuels, 34; Lacelles Wright, Jr., 38; and Orville Daley, 35; all of Lancaster district. According to a taxi driver who lives in the community, at about 12.30 a.m., gunshots were heard coming from a shop where several men were playing dominoes. He told The Sunday Gleaner that when members of the community investigated, the bodies of the three persons were found lying in a pool of blood, with their wallets scattered on the ground.

The Mandeville police said that when they arrived on the scene, they recovered several spent shells near the lifeless bodies. The police, however, said they had not determined the motive for the killings they suspect that the men were robbed.

On Friday evening, a spate of shootings in and around Kingston claimed five lives in separate incidents. The Matilda's Corner police are currently investigating the fatal shooting of Patrick 'Lazzy' Buchanan, 37, of August Town Road, by gunmen outside a plaza on Old Hope Road.

These killings come ahead of Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green's scheduled press briefing tomorrow to update the country on the list of most-wanted men.

Cops need your help

Information on the whereabouts of Christopher Thomas, otherwise called 'Christopher Brown' or 'Charlie Wapp', of a Rockfort address, can be shared with the Elletson Road CIB at 942-4200, 119, or the nearest police station.

- Angelo Laurence