The accused is 21-year-old Shevon Young, otherwise called ‘Schweppes’, of Cyprus Hall, St Andrew.
Young has been charged with the murders of 34-year-old Jermaine Lawson, 29-year-old Anthony Barrett, and 20-year-old Mark Nation, all of Kingston addresses.
Young has also been charged with illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.
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Detectives assigned to the Area 4 Major Investigation Division (MID) are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting deaths of three men on Lincoln Crescent, Kingston 5 on Friday, January 15.
The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Jermaine Lawson of Greenwich Park Road, 20-year-old Mark Nation of Lincoln Crescent, both in Kingston 5, and 29-year-old Anthony Barrett of a Luke Lane, Kingston CSO.
Reports are that at about 3:30 p.m., all three men were standing along the roadway when they were pounced upon by armed men traveling in a Honda CRV who opened fire hitting them.
The police were alerted and they were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.