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Man allegedly shot and killed chasing burglar

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POLICE ARE ON the scene of a fatal shooting.

The body of 57-year-old Selwyn Knight alias Blues is lying face down across the road in Dash Road, Bank Hall, St Michael.

Onlookers on the scene say the employee of the Barbados Port was chasing down a burglar in a private vehicle. He reportedly got out of the vehicle to run after the burglar and was shot.selwyn-knight-shooting

Reports also indicate that the victim’s son Junior Knight was also shot and was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for emergency surgery. (YB)

Right: Some of the onlookers in Dash Road, Bush Hall.

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