Man, 92, killed as house fire bombed after fatal shooting

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AN elderly man was killed after his Cocorite house was fire-bombed during the early morning hours on Monday in what police said was a retaliatory act for the shooting death of a 24-year-old man hours earlier.
Police reported that 92-year-old George Lewis' Harding Place house was fire-bombed at 4.45 am. His wife Eldena Lewis, 82, police said, pulled his body out of the burning house where police later found him. Police said they could not confirm if Lewis was killed by the fire as they are awaiting the results of an autopsy. They said thought that he had a wound to the head which they believe to be a gunshot.
His wife is said to have suffered burns to her back while pulling him out of the house. She was later taken to the St James Medical Complex for treatment.
Police said one of the elderly couple's two dogs was shot dead. Police said gunmen went to Lewis' house in search of a younger male relative who the gunmen believe was behind the shooting death, hours earlier, of Akiel "Smeagol" Andrews.
Police said Andrews was found shot to death in a white Nissan B13 car. Residents reported hearing gunshots at around 11.40 pm and found Andrews' body. Police said his murder was gang-related. Up to press time, police were still at the Lewis residence continuing their investigations.
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