Former murder accused killed in St Joseph

Shane Su­perville

A 40-year-old man who was re­cent­ly re­leased from prison was killed in a dri­ve-by shoot­ing in St Joseph on Sun­day af­ter­noon.

Po­lice said Quin­cy Small, alias “Blacks”, was stand­ing on Cen­ter Trace, Roy­al Road, Mara­cas, St Joseph, near a bar at around 5.40 pm when a car drove up.

A gun­man in­side the ve­hi­cle shot Small sev­er­al times be­fore the car sped away.

Passers-by took Small to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, where he was de­clared dead at 5.54 pm.

Of­fi­cers from the St Joseph Po­lice Sta­tion and the Spe­cial Ev­i­dence Re­cov­ery Unit (SERU) vis­it­ed the scene and found spent shells.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said Small was ac­quit­ted of the 2020 mur­ders of Dar­rie Sinon and Shar­lene Ramkissoon at Acono Junc­tion, Mara­cas, St Joseph, as well as charges of un­law­ful pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion.

Jus­tice Nali­ni Singh, who presided over the mat­ter, ruled that the recog­ni­tion ev­i­dence re­lied on by the State was un­re­li­able, as the killer’s face was con­cealed by a hood­ie and ban­dana.

Of­fi­cers from the Re­gion II Homi­cide Bu­reau are con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.