‘Catty’ shot dead at Portmore party

A night of partying turned deadly for a 38-year-old labourer who was shot and killed by a gunman at a party in Portmore, St Catherine, early Thursday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Dwight Dryden, otherwise called “Catty” and “Ruger”, of Dreamland Drive, Old Braeton, Portmore.

Reports are that about 1:30 a.m., Dryden was among patrons at a party along Bloom Grove Way in Reed’s Pen, Braeton, when he was approached by an assailant who reportedly pulled a gun and opened fire, hitting him in the upper body.

The injured man was assisted to the Spanish Town Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The gunman fled the scene and is now being sought by the police.

The Portmore Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the killing.

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