Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer
A 45-YEAR-OLD woman, Marlene Smith of Tredegar Park, St. Catherine, was shot and killed in her house on Christmas morning.
Reports reaching The Gleaner are that at about 6:15 a.m. Sunday, Smith, who was also called 'Yvonne', was at home when four men invaded her yard. The men, who were armed with guns, began removing several louvre blades from Smith's house before shooting her several times. Residents rushed her to the Spanish Town hospital where she later died.
The St. Catherine North homicide team which is investigating the killing, said Smith is the 13th woman to be killed in the parish since the start of the year and 220th victim to be killed by gunmen.
That number is 12 fewer than the number killed during the corresponding period last year.
