The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) Major Crime Unit has arrested and formally charged Brian O’Neal Hurley, 27 years of Brathwaite Gap, Sion Hill, St. James for the following offences:

• Murder of – Vere Hoyte on Thursday 9^th January, 2025.

• Endangering the life of – Omar Hamilton on Thursday 9^th January, 2025.

• Use of a firearm – on Thursday 9^th January, 2025.

He has been remanded to The Barbados Prison Service (Dodds) until Monday, 14^th April 2025.

• Ryan Brathwaite, Inspector (Ag)

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The Barbados Police Service