The men who were detained in connection with the fatal shooting of 72 year-old medical doctor Garth Officer have been charged.
They are Gregory Simmonds, 33, otherwise called Showman of Gibraltar Lane, Kingston 8 and Troy Stewart, 40, also known as Shanti of Grants Pen Drive also in Kingston 8.
They are to face the St. Andrew Parish Court on Monday.
Dr. Officer was shot several times about 4:30 p.m. on Friday as he drove up to his office, which is also his home on Charlton Avenue in St. Andrew.
He was attacked by two men on a motorcycle.
Superintendent Derrick Champagnie, head of Crime for Area Five Headquarters, says the police are still investigating the case of robbery with aggravation against Dr. Officer. That incident occurred on March 7.
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Men held for medical doctor's murder charged
12:27 pm, Thu March 23, 2017
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