Barber Charged in Punta Gorda Double Murder

Two days after the fatal shooting in Punta Gorda, police have charged 25-year-old Keron George Augustine, a barber from Seine Bight Village, with two counts of murder.

On Saturday, February 7, Augustine fatally shot 24-year-old Luis Barillas and 43-year-old Derrick Arnold outside Barillas’ Queen Street home.

Police say the men were socialising at the residence when a gunman went to the gate and called out for Barillas. When Barillas and Arnold went to the front of the yard, the attacker opened fire. Arnold was hit multiple times, while Barillas sustained gunshot wounds to the head and face. Both men died from their injuries.

Possible motives under review include drug activity in the area and the disappearance of Canadian national Alfred Pliel.