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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

La Horquetta shooting takes murder toll to 27

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A 19-year-old La Hor­quet­ta man is the lat­est mur­der vic­tim af­ter he was shot dead on Wednes­day night. His death has tak­en the mur­der toll to 27 for the year.Jabari Thomp­son, of Evans Re­ece Street, Phase 4, La Hor­quet­ta, and his broth­er, Ger­ald, were with a group of men lim­ing at the cor­ner of Evans Re­ece and Far­rel Streets, La Hor­quet­ta, short­ly be­fore 10 pm when the group were at­tacked.

Po­lice said a white Mit­subishi Lancer pulled up and two armed men got out and be­gan shoot­ing.The group scat­tered and the gun­men chased the broth­ers, cor­ner­ing Jabari in a neigh­bour's yard be­fore shoot­ing him dead. Ger­ald was shot in the left leg.Po­lice said Thomp­son was well known to them and sus­pect the shoot­ing was gang-re­lat­ed.


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