Brit shot dead in St Lucia after shooter opened fire at bar

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    Tributes have actually been paid to Donnie McKinnon who was eliminated in St Lucia (Picture: Facebook)

    A British estate supervisor has actually been shot dead and his professional photographer buddy left hurt after masked shooters opened fire at a bar in St Lucia.

    Donnie McKinnon was eliminated in the supposed attack in the town of Soufriere the other day afternoon. His buddy Peter Jackson, a 72- year-old professional photographer from Accrington, was hurt.

    The victims– who both reside in St Lucia– were on the veranda of Steve’s Bar on Market Road when the masked shooters approached and fired shots, it has actually been declared.

    Peter Jackson

    Peter Jackson, 72, from Accrington, was likewise hurt in the attack (Picture: Facebook)

    The victim of Saturday afternoon’s fatal shooting in Soufriere St Lucia has been identified as Donnie McKinnon, originally from the United Kingdom but had settled in Saint Lucia several years ago and was a citizen of this country. The deceased is said to have been a resident of Reunion, Choiseul. According to reports, he and another expatriate living in Saint Lucia for some time and who also became a Saint Lucian citizen were at a bar at Market Road, Soufriere, when they were shot. https://stluciatimes.com/148966/2022/12/victim-of-fatal-shooting-in-soufriere-identified/

    Police at the scene where Mr McKinnon was shot dead (Picture: St Lucia Times)


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    Scottish Mr McKinnon was the supervisor of the Soufriere Estate on the island, a 2,000 acre previous working plantation.

    Mr Jackson, from Lancashire, who has actually been surviving on the Caribbean island for over 30 years, was hurt in the supposed attack and required toSt Jude Hospital.

    He is a popular neighborhood activist and previous director of the Soufriere Regional DevelopmentFoundation

    Both males are residents of the island, with a single person informing St Lucia Times: ‘Everyone knew them. They were community people. This is sad.’

    A Foreign Office spokesperson stated: ‘We are urgently seeking more information from the government in St Lucia about an incident which took place yesterday.’

    A spokesperson from the regional council stated: ‘The authorities are investigating a shooting incident which took place in Soufriere on Saturday afternoon which left one man dead and another nursing injuries at the hospital.’

    An authorities spokesperson stated: ‘We are checking out this shooting which we were contacted us to throughout the course these days.

    ‘We are talking to individuals who were existed and might have seen something.

    ‘We will leave no stone unturned as we investigate this fully. We will be releasing a statement shortly.’

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