Banker shoots wife, self in murder-suicide
Philip Hamilton, Gleaner WriterRESIDENTS OF the upscale community of Waterworks in St Andrew spent most of yesterday trying to come to terms with a suspected murder-suicide which shattered the usual tranquility in the area.
When our news team visited the area, most persons were not willing to talk and those who did used hushed tones as they reported that a 59-year-old bank manager and his 40-year-old wife, also a banker, were found dead in their house at 12 Broadway Road in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
The residents said they heard several explosions and called the police.
It was subsequently discovered that Everett Lloyd Chito, branch manager of First Global Bank, new Kingston, and his wife, Karla, personal portfolio manager of Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), had been shot.
investigators report
Police investigators reported that about 12:30 yesterday morning, the two were at home when an argument developed.
Mr Chito reportedly pulled his licensed firearm and shot his wife several times, before shooting himself.
He died on the spot while his wife was taken to the University Hospital of the West Indies where she died while being treated.
The police seized a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver at the scene.
marital problems
It is alleged that the couple had been experiencing problems for some time.
It is further understood that Mr Chito, who had been branch manager at First Global’s New Kingston branch for two years, was seen drinking prior to the incident.
In a release yesterday, JMMB expressed regret at what it described as, “the tragic and untimely passing of a woman full of life and possibilities”.
The management of JMMB also expressed condolences to Mrs Chito’s two children and pledged to provide them with love and support.
There was no comment from the management of First Global up to press time.
The fatally shooting of Mrs Chito continues a worrying trend where women are being murdered in significant numbers.
More than 10 women have been killed so far this year, following on last year when 163 women were murdered across the island. (Jamaica Gleaner)