24YO PREGNANT WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN PORTLAND

A suspected family dispute ended the life of 24-year-old Kimberly Baugh in Orange Bay, Portland, yesterday, when gunmen opened fire on the pregnant woman and four other relatives following a party which ended at 1:30 am.

Unconfirmed reports are that a family member, who was accompanied by other men, attacked the group shortly after 3:00 am, while clean-up activities were being carried out.

One man has been taken into custody, but the police have withheld his identity, pending further investigations.

Yesterday, assistant superintendent of police in charge of operations, Throyville Haughton, said that Baugh and her relatives were rushed to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Three of the victims were released, while Baugh’s mother is reportedly still in hospital in stable condition.

Police said that Baugh was five months pregnant.

“One of the persons killed was 24-year-old Kimberly Baugh, unemployed, of Orange Bay in the parish. About three o’clock Sunday morning three men came up and shot five persons who were cleaning up after a party that ended at 1:30 in the morning. The five persons were taken to the Annotto Bay hospital where Kimberly was pronounced dead. Three were treated and sent home while one remains in hospital in a stable condition,” Haughton told journalists at a press briefing in the parish.

The incident occurred at a bar which the family runs, off the main road in Lower Layton, Orange Bay.

Yesterday residents expressed disbelief at the murder — which is the eighth registered since the start of the year in Portland — and shooting, which they say are foreign to the quiet community.

“We don’t use to this. Everybody here drink and dance and enjoy themselves, and then this come happen. I cannot believe this. This nuh normal. Everybody can’t believe it,” one resident said.

Another, in the meantime, hoped for a speedy investigation.

“We hope the police catch the persons soon. The girl pregnant and look here now, dem kill har. Have mercy, God. Have mercy. The young, young girl dem kill. Fi what?” a woman who gave her name as Elaine said.

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