SASCHA WIL­SON

A fa­ther and son have been iden­ti­fied as the vic­tims in a dou­ble mur­der which took place along the Pe­nal Rock Road, Moru­ga, just be­fore mid­night on Tues­day.

And po­lice be­lieve their shoot­ing may be linked to an­oth­er in­ci­dent in which the home of a for­mer po­lice­man was shot up.

The de­ceased have been iden­ti­fied as 41-year-old truck dri­ver, Alvin Simms, and his son, 19-year-old Hakim Simms, a con­struc­tion work­er.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that the as­sailants who shot up the po­lice­man’s home fled the scene, and dur­ing their es­cape at­tempt, came up­on the fa­ther and son on Pe­nal Rock Road.

Re­ports are that Hakim’s ve­hi­cle had shut­down on Pe­nal Rock Road and he had called his fa­ther, Alvin, for help.  Alvin, who had turned up with his truck, was in the process of as­sist­ing Hakim when the flee­ing gun­men hap­pened up­on them, at about 11:35 pm.

Po­lice sus­pect that the gun­men had a con­fronta­tion with the fa­ther and son and shot them, be­fore mak­ing their es­cape.

The vic­tims were dis­cov­ered short­ly be­fore mid­night by a man pass­ing along the road near a chick­en farm.  The man saw a truck and a car in the road, and one body ly­ing on the ground.

The wit­ness called the po­lice and when they ar­rived, they found an­oth­er body in the drain. Sev­er­al spent shells were found on the scene.

Of­fi­cers of the Moru­ga Po­lice Sta­tion and Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions vis­it­ed the scene and in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.