The St Andrew South police have launched a probe into the homicide of 49-year-old Oneil Ricardo Mullings, a widely known jockey who was shot and killed alongside Thompson View Avenue in St Andrew on Sunday night.
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Mullings, in any other case often called “Jockey” and employed at Caymanas Park, was reportedly close to a premises on Thompson View round 6:42 p.m. when he was approached by a gunman who opened hearth, hitting him within the head. He was rushed to the hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
In keeping with The Jamaica Gleaner, the killing adopted an alleged dispute over fee for renovation work at Mullings’ home on Thompson View Avenue. Sources mentioned one suspect was dealing with steelwork whereas the opposite was chargeable for carpentry. Tensions reportedly escalated when fee for the steelwork was questioned earlier than the carpentry started, sparking a confrontation with Mullings. His accomplice reportedly tried to chase one of many attackers after witnessing the taking pictures however was unable to catch them.
Investigators have since named 37-year-old Samuel Brown, in any other case known as “Shooter” or “Mark,” a labourer and mason of 4 Forty Drive, Kingston 11, as a suspect within the case, alongside together with his brother Shaun Brown, additionally of the identical tackle.
Anybody with info on the Browns’ whereabouts is urged to contact the Hunts Bay police at 876-923-7111, Crime Cease at 311, the Jamaica Constabulary Pressure tip line at 811, or the closest police station.
Mullings who has been within the saddle since 2002, celebrated his four-hundredth win aboard Princess Akilah on August 6, 2024.
