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A 20-year-old man was shot and killed on Monday night at Upper Cocorite Terrace.

The victim has been identified as Kwasi King, of LP #16 Upper Cocorite Terrace. He was fatally wounded around 9:30 p.m., after gunmen opened fire on him while he was liming near a wall in the community.

Officers of the St. James Criminal Investigations Department (CID) responded to reports of gunshots heard near LP #12. When they arrived on the scene, they found King lying on the ground, barefoot and bleeding heavily from apparent gunshot wounds to his head and upper body. He was dressed in a white vest and blue three-quarter pants.