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Three people were shot, one fatally, during an attack by a gunman in Stewart Town, St. Mary on Thursday evening.
The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Martin Scott, otherwise called Bobo, a craft vendor of Huddersfield in the parish and Exchange, St. Ann.
A 44-year-old woman and 59-year-old man are in hospital.
About 7:30 p.m., patrons were at a corner bar, when a man armed with a gun approached and fired shots, hitting the three.
Mr. Scott died at the scene.
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