Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting death of a teenager who died last Thursday, Assistant Commissioner Anthony Ferguson said yesterday.
The two suspects were taken in for questioning over the death of Sylvester Woodside, 18, who was shot to the head while in Jubilee Gardens.
Ferguson said the men were arrested in the area of Grant's Street, Fox Hill yesterday.
Police found Woodside lying on the side of the street.
"What we know is he was walking, and he was accosted by a lone male who was riding a motorcycle," Superintendent Paul Rolle said at the scene.
"This male got off the motorcycle, produced a handgun and shot the victim."
Rolle said police briefly chased the suspect, but he was able to escape.
The Jubilee Gardens incident pushed the country's murder count to 101 for 2013, according to The Nassau Guardian's records.
Police were called to the scene of Woodside's murder while they were investigating the death of a teenager who was shot after he allegedly tried to rob a business on Minnie Street.
The Guardian understands that the victim was Antoine Thompson, 17.
Rolle said a second robbery suspect was able to escape. He appealed to family or friends of the suspect to turn him in, adding that police are searching for him.
Dozens of onlookers gathered near that scene trying to catch a glimpse of the victim, whose body was on the ground in a pool of blood near the road.
Family members on the scene were inconsolable.
An area resident, who

did not wish to be named, said she spoke with the victim earlier in the day.
"He told me he was going on a mission," she said. "This was the mission right here."

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