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Police release identities of victims of recent murders

POLICE have released identities for several of the country’s latest homicide victims.

Police have identified Wensky Joseph, 15, as the teenager who was fatally shot on the night of Friday, February 10, while walking in the Peardale area.

Kenneth Hepburn, 23, has been identified as one of two men who was shot while at a party on Dean’s Street on Saturday, February 11.

Police said occupants of a blue self-drive vehicle fired shots at partygoers. Hepburn and another victim were taken to hospital, however Hepburn died.

Meanwhile Ken Stubbs, 41, and Alvan Burrell, 26, have been identified as the double murder victims who were injured on Lewis Street. According to police, a group of persons were at a club off Lewis Street when an argument broke out, leading to a man firing shots. One man died at the scene, while another man, who was also shot, died in hospital.

Leslie Green, 21, was the victim who was killed at Derby Road in Yellow Elder Gardens on Sunday, February 12. Police said Green was held up by two gunmen who fatally shot him.

Anyone with any information on these crimes is asked to contact police at 911, 919 or the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991.

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