Reports are that, about 7:45 p.m. a UWI student known as Keauno Watson, and his friend were standing along the roadway when armed thugs approached and opened fire on them.
Both were rushed to hospital where Watson was pronounced dead and the other man admitted in serious condition.
They were Live On TikTok when the deadly shooting took place.
His mother is now regretting sending her son outside to get fresh air, only for him to be murdered by gunmen a day after receiving his status letter from The University of the West Indies (UWI).
Keauno ‘Popsy’ Watson, 23, was elated when it was confirmed Sunday that he had successfully completed his degree in international relations (IR) and psychology, and sent his mother, Sandra Blair, a screenshot of the letter.
“Him say, ‘Mommy, mi finally done with UWl. Mi can get a peace of mind'” Blair told us at their Dames Road home in Allman Town, Kingston.
She said Watson, the youngest of her three children, was her life and her heartbeat, and was expected to graduate from The UWI in October.
He is a past student of St George’s College and, according to his family, had big dreams to pursue and was clinging to hope that he could eventually move his family from the ghetto.