Jamaican Music Producer Patrick Samuels O/c “Roach” Shot Dead

young_money · #1 ● 09-15-2013, 01:14 PM

Popular dancehall producer Patrick Samuels o/c “Roach” was shot and killed by unknown assailants along a section of Mannings Hill road in St. Andrew this morning. The shooting occurred at 4:12 am, when three shots were fired into a vehicle at the Texaco Gas Station at Mary Brown’s corner. As the victim tried to drive away, three more shots were fired, and the victim’s vehicle crashed nearby on Mannings Hill Road. The Police has cordoned off the area and are processing the crime scene.

Samuels was formerly Vybz Kartel’s road manager before they later split. He later came to prominence again in 2011, when he teamed up with Justus Arison for the now popular Dancehall project “Overtime Riddim”, where several hits such as “Settle Down” by Mavado and Daniel Bedingfield’s “Sometimes You Just Know” were made.

According to a police source, the gunmen fired shots into his Chevrolet
Avalanche while he was in the vicinity of a gas station at Mary Brown’s
corner, St Andrew.

The producer is reported to have attempted to escape, but crashed nearby on
Mannings Hill road after more shots were fired at him.

‘Roach’ was the former road manager for deejay Vybz Kartel and gained
success with the release of several rhythms, the most recent being the
Overproof Rhythm.

Not even the roaches escape the gun in Jamaica.