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Masked gunmen shoot Antigua man in his home

Victim died at the scene

Thursday, 3rd August 2017

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Police in Antigua and Barbuda have confirmed that masked gunmen have shot a man dead in Orange Valley.

William Stewart, 43, was killed in his home in Darkwood on Wednesday evening just before 8pm.

Reports state that up to four gunmen stormed his home before tying him up.

He was then shot a number of times in the torso.

WIC News understands that a woman an a child were also in the house. They were unharmed in the incident.

Stewart had already died by the time paramedics arrived at the scene.

The latest shooting death is one more in a string of recent shootings by masked gunmen.

Original source: Antigua Observer