St James’ most want­ed man Ryan Peterkin 0/​c (Ratty) was cut down dur­ing a gun­fight with Police.
He was killed in the New Market area on the bor­der with St.Elizabeth and St. James, accord­ing to police sources.
Peterkin was alleged­ly want­ed for at least 5 murders.

The police report­ed that an AK-47 rifle and a .38 revolver were recov­ered from Peterkin.
Peterkin was report­ed to be the leader of the Ratty Gang which ter­ror­ized the area in which he was killed and adjoin­ing areas.