‘Alligator’ shot dead in Albouystown

An argument between two men on Saturday ended with the death of a 54-year-old man who was accidentally shot in the face at Cooper Street Albouystown between James Street and Independence Boulevard.

Dead is Aulden Cush, called “Alligator”.

Police said that Cush went to a shop located on the western side of Cooper Street to purchase cigarettes and while at the shop, two men had a heated argument, during which one of them discharged a round in the direction of the other man, which struck Cush to the right side of his face.

The two men escaped the scene on foot while Cush was pronounced dead at the scene by Emergency Medical Technicians. The body is at the Lyken Funeral Parlour.