Butcher killed after going to buy goats

A butcher who went to buy goats was found dead last Wednesday in a cane piece close to the Monymusk community in Clarendon.

One resident told our news team that the man, who buys goats from people regularly, was called by a goat seller earlier in the day, and they arranged to meet each other.

"Him buy pon a regular man because him kill dem and sell dem. So, him get a call fi meet some man weh a sell goats and him never return home," a resident said.

The residents believe that he was robbed and killed, however they not sure who would want to harm him.

The deceased has been identified as 51-year-old Leroy Hitchman of Havana Heights in the parish.

Reports are that Hitchman was found by residents last Wednesday at about 2 p.m. slumped over the steering wheel of his car.

It was discovered that he had gunshot wounds to the chest.

The police were summoned and Hitchman taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The police are investigating.