Twenty-three-year-old Roger Smith of Collins Close, Kingston 8 was arrested and charged with double murder, conspiracy to murder, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition following an incident on Courburn Lane, Kingston 8 on Friday, October 16, 2020.
Dead are 32-year-old Mark Wellington otherwise called Blackie , of Maxfield Avenue and 18-year-old Leonard Hendricks otherwise called ‘Plattie , of Kew Lane, both in Kingston 12.
Reports from the St Andrew South Police are that about 5:00 p.m., Wellington and Hendricks were seated in a Toyota Probox motorcar when Smith along with other armed men approached and opened gunfire hitting them. Their heads were then severed.