Nelson Street man charged for Duke Street murder

A NELSON Street man has been charged with the murder of 19 year-old Luke Adams at Duke Street three weeks ago.

Josimar Chase, 27, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle Caddle on Monday.

He was also slapped with charges of shooting the man who was seated in the car Adams was in that day, and possession of firearm and ammunition.

The man, who was in the back seat was shot in the buttocks, while Adams, a Guyanese national, was shot several times in the upper body.

The driver escaped uninjured.

Chase was charged by Sgt Lystra Bridglal of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region 1.

Adams, 19, lived at Piccadilly Street, and his friend at East Dry River.

They were passengers in a blue Mitsubishi Lancer during the lunch-time rush hour when they were approached by a gunman, who fired at the moving car.

The driver of the car, in his attempt to escape, drove west along the one-way Duke Street, before the car collided with the pavement.

Investigations into Duke’s murder were led by acting ASP Suzette Martin and supervised by Insp Arnold Lutchman and Insp Creighton Hudson.