Dashane Whyte Charged With Murder

ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM)

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dashane Whyte Charged With Murder

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Tuesday, 29 July 2025

The police have arrested and charged 18-year-old Dashane Whyte of Brownes Avenue in connection with the murder of 50-year-old Steve Chambers, also of Brownes Avenue.

Chambers and Whyte reportedly got into an argument on Sunday evening at Brownes Avenue. The incident escalated into a physical altercation with both men arming themselves with sharp and blunt objects.

Chambers sustained multiple stab wounds to his body and was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where he later succumbed to his injuries. He was pronounced dead at approximately 8:18 a.m. on Monday, July 28.

Whyte also received medical treatment for injuries he sustained during the incident. He was subsequently taken into custody and has since been charged for the offence.

He is expected to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

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