Police have arrested and charged Danny Blake and Elvis Blake, both of New Pond Site, St. Kitts, for the murder of Kevonne Smithen of New Road.

Smithen was the victim of a fatal wounding on Sep. 11th, which occurred at a gas station on Victoria Road, Basseterre.

Lawmen responded to the scene and found Smithen, lying motionless on the ground with a knife lodged in his back and multiple wounds about his body.

A police communiqué says that he was an employee of the gas station and was accosted by two armed assailants while attending to vehicles. The assailants reportedly struck and stabbed him about the body several times before fleeing the scene. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Smithen was SKN’s 21st homicide for 2023. Both Danny and Elvis, 21 and 22 respectively, were charged on Monday Sep.18th, at the Basseterre Police Station.