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.
At about 12:50 p.m., Jason Morton of Hermitage Village in Lower Cayon was shot multiple times to the body, including his head.
Anthony Pringle, who is said to be from Basseterre and was reportedly in Morton’s company, was also shot.
PRO Inspector Lyndon David indicated that the gunmen had been waiting in the yard of Morton’s home.
While Morton died on the spot, 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.
On Tuesday, May 26, 2015, the then 20-year-old Morton was shot while in the National Bank’s automated teller machine (ATM) in the vicinity of TDC Home and Building Depot on the Frigate Bay Road.
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.