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A man who was re­leased from prison back in De­cem­ber, and whom it was be­lieved had re­cent­ly is­sued threats to gang mem­bers at Mara­cas Bay over drug turf, was gunned down on Wednes­day.

Po­lice said Jo­hanathan Lawrence John­son, 32, of San­ta Cruz Trail Road, Mara­cas Old Bay Road, was shot mul­ti­ple times around 6 pm.

Res­i­dents alert­ed po­lice af­ter gun­shots were heard in the area, fol­low­ing which re­spond­ing of­fi­cers found John­son’s body be­hind his moth­er’s house.