Two policemen have been killed and a civilian injured in a drive-by shooting in Yallahs, St Thomas.
The commanding officer for the parish, Deputy Superintendent Charmaine Shand, said the incident happened about 8 p.m. However, she could not provide any further details. It’s understood that the shooting happened at a shop in the St Thomas town. It’s also reported that one of the cops was attached to the West Kingston Police Division. He is the third cop from that division to be killed since July.
The National Security Minister Peter Bunting has joined Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams in condemning the murder of two policemen in St Thomas last night.
Corporal Kenneth Davis attached to Protective Services Division and Constable Craig Palmer, attached to the Kingston Western Division, were ambushed while playing a game of dominoes with friends in their community. A civilian was injured in the attack and has since been hospitalised. “This demonstrates the risk that the police are constantly exposed to by virtue of their occupation and incidents of this nature remind us of the extremely difficult challenges facing the security forces, and the great sacrifices they continue to make in the fight to rid Jamaica of the scourge of crime and violence,“Bunting said. He noted that one of the officers killed was from the Kingston West Division, which had already lost two members of their team this year in violent attacks. Bunting has pleaded with members of the public to help the police in their investigations by providing them with information that may lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators. “I express deepest condolences to the families, colleagues, and communities that have tragically lost these policemen and call upon all law abiding citizens to support the police in apprehending the culprits of this heinous crime, ” he said.
The police have listed Marlon Perry otherwise called ‘Duppy Film’ as a person of interest in the murder of two cops and the injury of a civilian in St Thomas last night. Corporal Kenneth Davis attached to the Protective Services Division and Constable Craig Palmer, attached to the Kingston Western Division, were ambushed while playing a game of dominoes with friends in their community. The police say Duppy Film should immediately surrender and anyone knowing his whereabouts should contact them.
The West St Thomas MP James Robertson says he has received information that one of the cops murdered in the parish last night had been receiving threats over an incident years ago. Robertson did not give details of the alleged incident, but called for the police High Command to release all the information they have and to seek help. According to him, other police personnel in the parish have also been receiving threats. Robertson who is a Jamaica Labour Party MP member says he will meet with the High Command today to provide the information he has received. Contacted last night, Deputy Superintendent of Police in charge of St Thomas, Berrisford Williams, said the investigations were at an early stage and he could not provide much details.
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This is the reality of living, working, and raising your family in the criminals paradise Jamaica! We’re witnessing the full version of the emboldened, motivated, and brazen criminals having zero fear of law enforcement officers. An attack on the police is an attack on the institution of the government.
The people who are within the halls of Parliament, the prime minister’s cabinet, and local governments may think that they are immune from the wrath of the local criminals who have been unleashing mayhem, death, and destruction.
Let’s give credit where it is due. The boasie slaves in Jamaica have been doing a great job on behalf of the Jamaican criminals for the past twenty two years. Thanks to the PNP party and the past prime minister P.J. Patterson who’s responsible for carefully, strategic chipping away the powers of the police force by calling it reform!
The attack continue to this day on the police force by strengthening the criminals by letting them know that, they the boasie slaves are in charge and will do everything in their power to demoralized the police officers and give the criminals more protection from the laws of Jamaica.
Cops are now seeing that the system is not in favour of their interests. If u confront criminals u run the risk of getting killed and INDECOM has the right to pursue u in a way that I HONESTLY believe is to secure conviction. As a result of that mind frame u the Police decide to lay low then the public say u can’t protect them n that your doing no work. no Cop wants to die, a man is just a man. How does one cope with these options
And some of these licky licky little cops would still give their lives for the nanny-goat sitting in Jamaica house , go figure.
There is no crime fighting all of the Khaki clad idiots now have degrees but cannot tell their heads from their asses.
Many of the commanding officers are women ] who have never made an arrest , and are merely window dressings >
How are you going to be a commanding officer without being battle tested?
The whole shit is a joke .
I encourage foreigners to shun Jamaica it is a den of criminals.
Go at your own risk.…