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An alleged car thief was fatally shot following a high-speed chase and gun battle between Malvern and Southampton in St Elizabeth on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Mark Allen, a resident of Schoolfield near Malvern. Head of the St Elizabeth Police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, explained in a video release that the incident began around 3:20 a.m., when police received reports of a stolen Toyota Voxy and a shooting with intent in the upper Portsea area. “The police responded, and the said Toyota Voxy, along with a Toyota Axio motor car, were spotted travelling through Malvern. During the…

The quiet district of Bugs Bunny in Lilliput, St James, has been left in mourning after the tragic death of 13-year-old Twaine Jaheem Skyers, a second-form student at Hopewell High School in Hanover. The teen’s body was discovered Thursday evening inside a bathroom at his home, where he had reportedly locked himself in after being punished for returning home late from school. Police are treating the incident as a suspected case of suicide. When our news team visited the community on Friday, grief and shock were evident among relatives and neighbors. One family member, struggling to come to terms with…

A gunman was killed on Tuesday following a tense, nearly three-hour stand-off with police at an apartment complex along Caledonia Road in Mandeville, Manchester. Reports indicate that around 10:00 a.m., police were in the area when gunfire erupted. Multiple units, including officers from the Manchester division, Area Three headquarters, and the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, were deployed to the scene. This led to a prolonged exchange between the gunman and law enforcement. The standoff ended shortly after 1:00 p.m., at which point the police confirmed that the suspect had been fatally shot. The deceased man has only been…

A man was killed on Tuesday morning in Mandeville after a chain of events involving a shooting and a motor vehicle collision along Caledonia Road. Reports indicate that shortly after 7:30 a.m., residents heard a series of explosions on lower Caledonia Road. Around the same time, a Toyota Corolla slammed into the rear of a Toyota Prado near the entrance of BMull Auto. When bystanders rushed to the scene, the driver of the Corolla was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The deceased man…

A police sergeant lost his life and three children, including his twin sons, were left hospitalized following a serious two-vehicle collision on the Winston Jones Highway in Mandeville on Sunday afternoon. While his identity has been confirmed, the police are yet to make an official release. According to preliminary reports, the incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. when the sergeant, who was driving a silver Honda Fit, veered into the path of a truck transporting cattle. The vehicles collided near the entrance of the Jamgas service station. A security guard at a nearby premises said he assisted two of the injured…

A taxi operator was shot and killed this morning near the Kingston Public Hospital by a licensed firearm holder. Senior Superintendent Michael Phipps, head of the police’s Area Four division, confirmed that the incident was reported to him at approximately 10:15 a.m. The deceased has been identified as 44-year-old Carlo Ellis, a taxi driver who plied the Jones Town route. According to preliminary reports, Ellis became involved in a dispute with another taxi operator, said to be a former police officer. During the confrontation, Ellis was shot. It’s alleged that the former police officer shot the taxi operator after refusing…

Police investigators are probing a reported altercation between a policeman and a civilian at a party in Track Gate, Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew, early Sunday morning. A portion of the incident, which occurred sometime between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., has since gone viral on social media. However, law enforcement sources have indicated that the video being circulated does not show the full sequence of events, particularly the moment when the officer was allegedly attacked before drawing his licensed firearm. According to reports, the off-duty cop was speaking with a female patron when he was confronted and physically assaulted by…

A 22-year-old man is in police custody after the tragic stabbing deaths of two young children in Swamp, Moneague, St Ann one of whom was his biological son. The Jamaica Constabulary Force confirmed the incident, which unfolded on Tuesday night around 8:00 p.m. Acting Senior Superintendent of Police Rohan Elliott, head of the St Ann Division, said the suspect allegedly drank a cup of ganja tea before the attack. “He consumed some ganja tea and started acting hysterical and aggressive,” Elliott reported. According to police, the man was at home with his partner and the two children, ages one and…

A Rasta man known only as Robbie has gone viral on social media after a controversial video of him surfaced online. The footage, which has since been widely shared on social media, shows the dreadlocked man in a compromising position with a foreign woman. In the video, Robbie was allegedly seen engaging in intimate acts with a white woman, sparking disbelief among his peers who know him as a strict advocate of Ital living and traditional Rasta principles. It’s alleged that the woman leaked the video on social media after they got into an argument. She claimed that he did…

A daring robbery attempt at a Western Union outlet in Hope Bay, Portland, ended in tragedy early Monday morning when one of the attackers was fatally shot and eight others taken into custody. According to police reports, around 2 a.m. a group of at least five men, armed with handguns, forced their way into the establishment by removing a door at the rear of the building. Their plans, however, were interrupted when a licensed firearm holder confronted them. “Armed men broke into the business place and he (the firearm holder) challenged them. During the exchange of gunfire, one man was…