Two Cops Shot, Injured In St James

Jamaican Media is report­ing that two offi­cers were shot ear­ly this morning.

ST JAMES, Jamaica — Two police offi­cers were shot and injured this morn­ing in St James.

The police con­firmed the inci­dent, which took place about 12:45 am, but declined to give any details, say­ing they have not received any “com­pre­hen­sive report” on the matter.

The two offi­cers are said to be in sta­ble con­di­tion. http://​www​.jamaicaob​serv​er​.com/​l​a​t​e​s​t​n​e​w​s​/​T​w​o​-​c​o​p​s​-​s​hot – injured-in-St-James

HANOVER, Jamaica — A man and two chil­dren were last night shot dead in Williamsfield, Hanover while three oth­er peo­ple were injured in the attack. Dead are 34-year-old Hopeton Lee, five-year-old Kimani Johnson and one-year-old Daquan Davidson, all of Williamsfield address­es in Hanover. Police reports are that about 10:45 pm, Lee was at home with his rel­a­tives when armed men entered the premis­es and opened fire hit­ting him. The assailants fled the scene and about 10:50 pm, opened fire on anoth­er house in the com­mu­ni­ty, where Kimani, Daquan and three oth­ers were shot.

The police were sum­moned and on their arrival, all six were tak­en to hos­pi­tal where Lee, Kimani and Daquan were pro­nounced dead, while the oth­er three were admit­ted in seri­ous con­di­tion. The police said no motive has been estab­lished for the incident.