By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

A MAN collapsed and died in a public bathroom early yesterday morning after he was shot in the head attempting to escape his attackers off Carmichael Road.

Police say they received a call that a man was found dead in the public restroom around 1am at a park in the area of Mermaid Boulevard.

This latest killing brings the country’s murder count this year to 52, according to police sources.

When police arrived they found the lifeless body of a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Officer in Charge of the Central Detective Unit, Superintendent Paul Rolle said police are unsure of the motive.

“The man, who appears to be in his 30s, had no identification on him. From the way the body was positioned and the fact that he was shot to the back and the back of his head, it leads us to believe he ran into the bathroom to escape his attacker or attackers,” he said.

Supt Rolle is asking members of the public who may have been in the area and heard or seen anything to call police immediately.

Meanwhile police still have no one in custody in connection with the murder of a couple last weekend. Latheria Moss, 19, and 42-year-old Fred Dames, who were dating, were killed hours apart.

Dames was found shot to death in the driveway of a residence on Haven and Sea Roads. He had two gunshot wounds in his head and died at the scene. About three hours later, the body of Moss was discovered off Cowpen Road, about a quarter of a mile along Farm Road.

She was slumped over the passenger seat of a Honda Accord that was left abandoned on the road. Police said the teen girl had multiple gunshot wounds in her body.

According to police sources, the vehicle was owned by Dames, who was “well known” to police and has been “in and out of the system” for years.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said police are following significant leads and hope to have someone in custody “very soon”.

He also said police are on the hunt for a man they believe to be responsible for the murder of Romeo Lymes. Lymes was shot and killed last Friday in Kings Bar off Washington Street.

Anyone with information on any of these murders is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.