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Pastor dies after gun attack at his stall in Old Harbour

The St Catherine South police are yet to make an arrest or establish a motive in the shooting death of a businessman, who is also a pastor, in Old Harbour on Saturday night. Dead is 41-year-old Michael Spencer of Old Harbour Glades. Reports are...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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