KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Sept 29, CMC -Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old farmer, who was shot in Petit Bordel on Sunday, bringing to two, the number of people killed in that North Leeward village in as many days.
Police have identified the latest victim as Othnell Lavia, aka Curtell, whose killing is the 32nd homicide in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this year.
Lavia is said to have been shot after an altercation with another villager during the early hours of Sunday morning.
His death follows that of Stanran Stapleton aka Standpide, of Rose Hall, who was shot and killed in Petit Bordel Friday night, 20 years after his father was killed in the village.
Media reports said Stapleton was shot in the chest and back and investigators retrieved multiple spent shells from the scene in Plan, Petit Bordel.
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