Portmore man charged for Kingston businessman’s murder

A St Catherine man has been charged in connection with the murder of a Kingston businessman during a daytime shooting along Pretoria Road in the capital earlier this year.

Thirty-seven-year-old Theo Smith of Waltham Lane, New Land, Portmore, has been charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition, and using a firearm to commit a felony, a police statement said.

Dead is 49-year-old businessman Neville Litchmore of Pretoria Road.

According to police, at about 8:15 a.m. on January 8, Smith and an accomplice drove to Litchmore’s home in a silver Subaru motor car.

It is alleged that Smith exited the vehicle, approached the businessman who was standing in his yard, and opened fire, hitting him multiple times in the upper body before escaping in the waiting vehicle.

Litchmore was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police say Smith was arrested on April 7 and charged following a question-and-answer session and eyewitness accounts linking him to the incident.

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