A NUMBER of gunshots in the Vegas, Morvant, area on Monday night did little to stir residents into investigating what had happened.

Yesterday morning, however, some dared to venture out of their homes and found the body of 28-year-old Stephan Mark just a stone’s throw away from where slain gang leader, Sean ’Bill’ Francis, once lived.

Francis was shot dead outside his Vegas, Morvant, home on April 27 this year. Two men are now before the courts on that matter charged with murder.

Mark was found with gunshot wounds to his chest shortly after 6 a.m. behind a house located off Unity Lane, Vegas.

Officers from the Morvant CID, along with personnel from the Homicide Bureau, visited the scene yesterday morning and after examining the scene ordered the body removed to the Forensic Science Centre. Reporters tried to interview some of the young men who were on the scene that morning but none of them had much to say.

Homicide Bureau officers are continuing investigations. The murder toll stood at 329 up to press time last night, according to an Express tally. -GG