By FARRAH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
fjohnson@tribunemedia.net
A 23-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with murder and attempted murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a ten-year-old boy earlier this year.
Leon Evans appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt charged with the death of Kenron Dean on March 11. Yesterday, he was also accused of trying to kill Dean’s twin brother, his uncle, Marvin Ferguson, and another eight-year-old relative.
According to initial police reports, shortly after 9pm that day, officers were called to the scene of a shooting at Finlayson Street and Bola Avenue in Bain Town, where four people — an adult male and three children whose ages range from seven to ten years old — were injured. Emergency Medical Services were summoned and following their examination one of the juveniles, a ten-year-old boy was pronounced dead.
Due to the nature of the offences, he was not required to enter a plea and the matter was adjourned to January 27, 2022 for service of a voluntary bill of indictment. In the meantime, Evans was denied bail and remanded into custody. He has a right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.
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