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The Jamaica Fire Brigade has been plunged into mourning after one of its members perished in a traffic collision on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Shahine Nelson, a firefighter employed to the Fire Brigade in Kingston and St Andrew. Reports are that Nelson was driving home after completing her shift, minutes after 10:00pm, when there was a collision with a tractor trailer in the Angels area of St Catherine. Her Honda Fit motor car was crushed under the massive weight of the larger unit leaving her with little chance of escape. Firefighters were quick on the scene…
Police say the 27-year-old man killed this morning in front of a primary school in Manchester was reporting on a condition of bail in relation to the 2018 murder of a child. A police source identified the man as Cuthbert Lambert, otherwise called ‘Jerome, who was gunned down shortly after 8:00 am after dropping off his five-year-old stepdaughter at the school. In addressing worried parents gathered outside the school, a police officer said the Ministry of Education ordered the institution to go into lockdown. “None of the students will be let out now. All the students are safe and the…
Reports are that, about 7:45 p.m. a UWI student known as Keauno Watson, and his friend were standing along the roadway when armed thugs approached and opened fire on them. Both were rushed to hospital where Watson was pronounced dead and the other man admitted in serious condition. They were Live On TikTok when the deadly shooting took place. His mother is now regretting sending her son outside to get fresh air, only for him to be murdered by gunmen a day after receiving his status letter from The University of the West Indies (UWI). Keauno ‘Popsy’ Watson, 23, was…
A nine- year-old boy died as a result of injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Christiana, Manchester on Monday morning. The boy, who is the son of a policewoman, was being transported by her to school when the collision happened on the Sedburgh main road in the parish. The policewoman, who is a constable assigned to the Christiana Police Station, has since been admitted to hospital in critical condition. Preliminary reports are that about 7am, the woman was driving a Honda Fit motorcar with her son as a passenger along the Sedburgh main road when there was a…
A 16-year-old William Knibb Memorial High School student Jahmarie Reid was suspectedly killed during a shark attack at sea while he was spearfishing off the coast in Falmouth, Trelawny on Monday afternoon. His mutilated body, with head and left hand missing, was fished from sea early Tuesday morning after he went missing on Monday afternoon. His parents, Michael Reid and Levern Robinson were unconsolable when they received the news that the their son’s ravaged body was found in the sea, in the vicinity of the Falmouth All Age School. The boy lived with his mother in the Race Course section…
It’s reported that a taxi operator was shot dead last night in the vicinity of Red Hills Road, St Andrew. The man has only been identified as Dale. According to the Corporate Communications Unit of Jamaica Constabulary Force, around 10:20 pm Dale was sitting in his taxi, in the vicinity of Grace Reformed Baptist Church and the Sandy Gully bridge, when he was pounced upon by an armed man travelling on foot. The gunman opened fire on Dale, hitting him multiple times in his upper body. He was pronounced dead on the spot. Just two weeks ago a taxi operator,…
A soldier has died as a result of injuries sustained during a shooting incident along Charles Street and Chestnut Lane in Kingston early Friday morning. Reports are that about 1:25 am, members of the military were on foot patrol duties in the Charles Street and Chestnut Lane area when they saw a group of suspicious men travelling on foot. The soldiers went in pursuit of the men, who reportedly opened gunfire at them. It is reported that the soldiers took evasive action and returned fire. When the shooting subsided, one member of the military was found suffering from what appeared…
A brutal attack at a wake in Cudjoe Hill, St Catherine, early Wednesday morning has left one man dead and eight others injured. The wake was being held in honour of the late grandmother of entertainer Christopher Martin when two gunmen struck. The incident occurred around 12:40 a.m. as the gunmen walked down a dirt road towards the house where several people were gathered. Without warning, they opened fire indiscriminately, sending mourners scrambling for cover. Among the victims was 34-year-old Oniel Spencer of Point Hill, who initially escaped the first round of gunfire. Unfortunately, as he attempted to leave his…
A former alleged don from Tivoli Gardens was shot dead by gunmen at a car park at the corner of West and Tower streets in downtown Kingston last night. He has been identified as 55-year-old Kirk Orlando Francis, otherwise called ‘Judas’, a higgler from Whitney Drive in Washington Gardens, St Andrew. It was reported that around 7:20 pm, Francis was about to enter his blue 2014 Honda Civic motor vehicle when he was attacked and shot multiple times by an unknown assailant. The gunmen fled the scene on a motorcycle. Relatives rushed Francis to hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.…
A seemingly trivial dispute over food escalated into a deadly confrontation on Friday night, leaving a young man dead and his attacker on the run. The deceased has been identified as 18-year-old Devante Hutchinson, also known as “Bolt,” a resident of Cook Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. Reports are that around 11:30 PM, a 10-year-old boy, who is Bolt’s younger brother, went to a cook shop in the community to buy chicken and chips. As the boy was walking home with his food, he was approached by 18-year-old Tevin Gil, also known as “Wacky”, who demanded a portion of the meal.…