KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition, and using a firearm to commit a felony following a shooting incident in Kingston on March 1.

Police say the charges were laid against Andre Brown, otherwise called ‘Biggs’ of a Kingston Address, following the death of a man on Freeman Lane, also in the parish, on Sunday, March 1.

The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Tyrick Peart of a Kingston address.