The man, who the police say is the main perpetrator behind last Friday’s triple murder in Kidd Lane in the St. Andrew South Police Division has been slapped with multiple charges.

He is 19-year-old Dante Davis of Spanish Town Road and Kidd Lane addresses in Kingston 13.

Davis has been charged with three counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, arson, conspiracy to commit arson, possession of prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and using a firearm to commit a felony.

The charges relate to the death of 39-year-old Kimesha Gibson, 30-year-old Lashea Ellis and one-year-old Khael Daley.

Reports are that at about 11:45 pm on Friday, October 9, residents of Kidd Lane heard explosions and called the police.

On their arrival, the police found the home occupied by Gibson, Ellis and Daley, engulfed in flames. Gibson was seen at the rare of the premises with gunshot wounds.

The Jamaica Fire Brigade was summoned and the fire was extinguished. The charred remains of Ellis and Khael were discovered following cooling-down operations.

Davis was taken into police custody the day after the killings, on Saturday, October 10.

Meanwhile, commanding officer for the St Andrew South division, Senior Superintendent Damian Manderson, says there are other people the police need to speak to in connection with the triple murder in Kidd Lane.

SSP Damian Manderson, commanding officer for the St Andrew South division.