The owner of Charlie’s gas station was murdered outside his Ottos home Friday night, sending waves of grief through the community that knew him simply as “Charlie.”
George Barnes, who operated the service station along Sir Sydney Walling Highway for years, was fatally wounded when gunmen opened fire on him around 10 pm, striking him in the chest.
The killers fled the scene by car immediately after the shooting.
Charlie’s Service Station (Photo by Dwaine Looby)
