KINGSTON, Jamaica — The assistant coach of the Camperdown High School’s Manning Cup team was yesterday shot dead by unknown assailants.
Dead is 51-year-old Claude Palmer of a Mountain View address in East Kingston.
Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that Palmer was standing at the intersection of Giltress and Montaque Street in east Kingston about 4:00 pm when two men rode up on a red motorcycle.
It is said that the pillion rider pulled a firearm and opened gunfire hitting Palmer in the back of his head.
No motive has been established for the killing.