Bourg Mulatresse man shot dead

According to reports, at about 2.30 pm, Anthony Sammy was at Sammy Lane Bourg Mulatresse in company with a female friend when three men, one armed with a gun, burst through the front door and shot Sammy several times.

He ran a short distance away where he collapsed and died.

Officers of the North Eastern Division Task Force, as well as homicide officers, went to the scene and carried out enquiries.

Officers later searched Sammy’s apartment and allegedly found a quantity of marijuana.

Police believe that Sammy’s death was linked to drugs.

His killing pushed the murder toll to 20 for the year thus far compared with the same period last year when there were 26 murders and 24 for 2014.

Yesterday Homicide officers told Newsday that additional manpower has been added to the Homicide Bureau to speed up murder investigations.