A case of reprisal seems to be the motive behind Friday’s killing of a man and a woman in Norwood, Montego Bay, St. James.
The deceased are 49-year-old Assad Faceyand and 45-year-old Michelle Solomon, both of Norwood, St James
Reports are that about 4:25 p.m. on Friday, the two, who operated a cook shop at the intersection of Top Road and Middle Road, were at work when they were pounced upon by a lone gunman who opened gunfire, hitting them.
Assad Facey
Residents who heard the uproar summoned the police who, upon their arrival, found the two business partners suffering from gunshot wounds. They were assisted to the Cornwall Regional hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
In the meantime, further information gleaned by this newspaper suggests that a family feud could be behind the double murder, and may be linked to the shooting and wounding of a man and woman in Norwood, just hours before on Thursday.
Meanwhile, one woman mourning Facey and Solomon’s death and speaking on condition of anonymity described them as a peaceful, kind and hard workers, whom she and many in the community are missing terribly.
“He would be the last person to start war with anybody. He started out selling porridge and then soup, until him have the cook shop now. I don’t know why anyone would want to kill him. He was such a nice person,” she said. “Michelle was also a nice person, good person, so I don’t know what trigger all this violence, it is just too much for me right now, can’t manage it at all.”
Meanwhile, Solomon’s husband is reportedly beside himself with grief, and has not stopped crying since Friday.
Meanwhile, Solomon’s husband is reportedly beside himself with grief, and has not stopped crying since Friday… :nerd
” I don’t know why anyone would want to kill him. He was such a nice person,” Mi learn seh yuh cyaah underestimate ppl dem will kill yuh if they can. Suh yuh betta learn tuh.
Husband nu stop bawl.. wait deh little bit, then if the man have him cook shop deh fi years people just kill him su fi nothing??? That bawling husband is my first suspect.. have to be a hit.. kill the 2 a dem just su
Bwoy, Norwood used to actually be a decent place to live one time. Decent working class neighborhood with the lovely housing scheme. How some places can change so drastically in 30 years is a marvel.