KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Aug 25, CMC – Police say they have charged a second person in connection with the shooting death on June 23, this year of the 34-year-old St. Lucian national, Troy Casley.
Casley was shot and killed in Great House, Lowmans Hill, a residential neighbourhood on the leeward side of the island.
Police said that they have charged Jarell Phillips, 24, with the murder of Casley and two counts of attempted murder arising from the same incident. The attempted murder charges relate to the gunshot injuries that Shamel John, 22, and Nashon Simmons, 33, sustained in the incident in which Casley was killed.
Phillips is the brother of a man who was murdered in November 2022.
In July, police charged Delroy Harry, a 21-year-old labourer, with murder in connection with Casley’s death and the attempted murder of John and Simmons.
“The RSVGPF advises that the laying of charges represents an important step in the investigative and judicial process. All persons charged with criminal offences are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty before a court of law,” the police said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that investigations are ongoing.
On November 5, 2022, Phillips’ older brother, Jerroy Phillips and Jayjay, 27, died at the scene in a hail of bullets that left three other people injured.
Lorenzo “Scene” DeShong, a 30-year-old labourer, was injured in the same incident and died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, where he was taken for medical attention.
Police are asking anyone with information that may assist with the investigation into Casley’s death to contact the nearest police station, adding that the information provided will be handled confidentially.
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