{"id":353134,"date":"2025-12-02T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=353134"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:31:01","slug":"police-investigate-shooting-death-of-wesley-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/death\/police-investigate-shooting-death-of-wesley-resident\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate shooting death of Wesley resident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-281666\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/shooting-investigation-e1757948990142-642x301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investigations are ongoing into the shooting death of Denzell Powell of Portsmouth, who resided in Wesley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to reports, the 29-year-old&#8217;s lifeless body was discovered with gunshot wounds at about 11:30 PM on Sunday, November 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Details are sketchy at this time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Dominica News Online (DNO) will follow that story and provide more information as it becomes available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigations are ongoing into the shooting death of Denzell Powell of Portsmouth, who resided in Wesley. 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