Man gunned down on Camp Street

May 26, 2010 News

<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:””; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –>

A porter attends to Collins’ body shortly after it arrived at the Georgetown Hospital.

A Security official was gunned down early this morning while standing on Camp Street, outside the old Belvedere compound.

The man, whose name was given as Dexter Collins, was shot twice in the upper chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at around 01:00 hour.

Details of the incident are sketchy but this newspaper understands that a lone gunman walked up o Collins and shot his twice before running away.

See more details in tomorrow’s edition.