First homicide recorded in SVG for 2017

Police have confirmed that a senior bank employee is the first homicide victim in St Vincent and the Grenadines for 2017.

Dead is Randy Lawrence, an employee of the Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who was shot this morning in the Arnos Vale area.

Police told Searchlight that Lawrence was shot six times at about 8 this morning. He was taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital where he died, sources say.

Journalist and public relations consultant Junior Jarvis is being questioned by police in relation to the killing.