The firearm used to kill David Clarke had been used less than three weeks earlier in another fatal shooting, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

Jahkeo LeShore, 32, and Darrion Simons, 21, both deny the premeditated murder of Mr Clarke, 26, who was shot while riding his motorcycle near the entrance to Bandroom Lane on April 17, 2011. Prosecutors have suggested the killing was in retaliation for the murder of Mr LeShore’s brother, Jahmiko, who was fatally shot six weeks earlier.

The jury were previously shown CCTV footage from the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club from the night of the shooting, where the victim and both the defendants were socialising in the hours before the shooting. The recordings show Mr LeShore wearing a black jacket and white shirt, while Mr Simons was wearing a black jacket and an orange hooded top.

During the course of the evening, the defendants were seen to speak with several others, including Christopher Paris, Dameko Dublin and Jay Dill.

As the trial continued yesterday, the court heard evidence that the firearm used to kill Mr Clarke had been used less than three weeks earlier in the murder of Randy Robinson, who was gunned down on March 31, 2011. Jay Dill and Devon Hewey were convicted of that murder last year.

The jury also heard evidence from a friend of the victim, Kenneita Wade who described seeing Mr Clarke gunned down as he rode along North Shore Road.

Ms Wade told the court that she came to know Mr Clarke only a few weeks before the shooting after being suggested as a friend on Facebook. The two began chatting through the website, later moving on to BlackBerry Messenger and text messages, but had never met in person.

On the evening of the shooting, she said Mr Clarke had invited her to join him at the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club. She told the court she accepted the offer, but had no real intention of going to the club.

Later that evening she decided to meet friends in Hamilton and began to drive towards the city from St George’s via North Shore Road. As she was driving past Auto Bahn Accessories in Pembroke, she pulled to the side of the road to use her phone.

“I was about to pull out when I saw a bike go across and I realised it was David,” she said. “I pulled out behind him. I think I was going to message him to say he just went across me. That’s when another bike came speeding across.”

Ms Wade said the second motorcycle overtook her travelling West and pulled up next to Mr Clarke. The pillion passenger raised his left hand, and she heard three gunshots.

The witness told the court she immediately hit the brakes and ducked down. When she raised her head, she saw Mr Clarke laying in the road. She and others ran to the victim and, while she spoke to him and held his hand, he never responded.

She described the pillion passenger as being a slender build and, while she could not sure about what he was wearing, she agreed that she had told police he had been wearing a peach-coloured top.

Not long after the shooting, Ms Wade said several neighbours arrived on the scene, including an off-duty paramedic. She remained in the area long enough to speak with police, but didn’t give an official statement until the following day.

Asked about the interview, the witness admitted that she had not been completely honest with police at first, initially denying that she had known Mr Clarke out of fear.

“I wanted to distance myself from the situation,” she said. “I was scared. I wasn’t sure if the people who did it saw me or my licence plate.”

Under cross examination by defence lawyer Charles Richardson, she accepted that she had told Mr Clarke via text message that she was coming from the West rather than the East, explaining it was a “typo”.

The trial continues.

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