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St. Philip shooting victim dies

St. Philip shooting victim dies

November 13, 2024
4:41 pm

Barbados has recorded another homicide with the death this morning of a man who was shot last Thursday at Farm Road, St. Philip.

The deceased is 56-year-old Lyndon Brathwaite of Ealing Park, Christ Church, a former employee of the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, CBC.

He had been hospitalized in a comatose state after being shot in the left side of his head and passed away today.

Another man was shot in his left arm during that incident and was transported to hospital in stable condition.

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