Camille Clarke

An elec­tri­cian, of Kerr Trace, Mor­vant, was shot dead on Wednes­day night, tak­ing the mur­der toll to 297. Po­lice said Karl Alexan­der Babb was on his way home when he was at­tacked and shot. He was the 27th per­son mur­dered since the state of emer­gency was de­clared on Au­gust 21. A re­port said some­time be­tween 9 pm and 10 pm, Babb was walk­ing through a dark track when res­i­dents heard loud ex­plo­sions. They checked and found his body on the track.

Of­fi­cers of the North East­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force and the Homi­cide Bu­reau re­spond­ed. Res­i­dents told po­lice they did not see any­one en­ter or leave the track af­ter Babb was shot. Mor­vant res­i­dents said there had been no elec­tric­i­ty in the com­mu­ni­ty for sev­er­al hours that night. On Tues­day night, Clevon Se­bas­t­ian, 37, of Sun­shine Av­enue, was shot dead in San Juan. Homi­cide of­fi­cers are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to both killings.