Antigua: Elderly man charged with second homicide of 2024 | Loop Caribbean News – Loop News Caribbean

A man is now behind bars for the recent killing of a 22 year-old that brought Antigua and Barbudas murder toll to two.

Eric Burton, a 59-year-old resident of Villa, has been arrested and charged for the murder of Jamal Ryner from Yorks.

The fatal altercation took place on Rowan Henry Street around 8:30 pm on Tuesday, February 13.

Ryner's untimely death was a result of a stab wound to the chest.

He succumbed to the injury shortly after 10 pm that same evening.

This unfortunate event marks the second homicide in Antigua and Barbuda for the year 2024. The first occurred on January 7, when 24-year-old Kieron Hutson, also from Yorks Extension, was fatally shot during a party on Christian Street.

Eyewitnesses reported that a lone gunman approached Hutson, opened fire, and then disappeared into the crowd. Hutson suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and was rushed to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by emergency services, but tragically, he was pronounced dead around 8:30 pm.

The community was alarmed by the incident, and a call to the Grays Farm Police Station reporting gunshots was made around 7:30 pm.

Despite the swift response of the Emergency Medical Services, who arrived at the scene within six minutes of the call, Hutson could not be saved.

As of now, no one has been charged in connection with Hutson's murder.

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