Two men injured in controversial police shooting
October 13, 2006
TWO men were yesterday shot and injured following a gunfight between the police and gunmen near the normally busy intersection of Spanish Town Road and Albert Street in Denham Town, Kingston.
According to commanding officer of the Kingston West Police Division, Superintendent Delroy Hewitt, officers were fired on after attempting to intercept a mini-van which was travelling on Albert Street.
"The police tried to get the driver of the vehicle to stop but were instead fired upon. They returned fire and two men ran from the vehicle. injured," Hewitt said.
A second man is reported to have turned up atthe Kingston Public
Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. None of the injured men were arrested and no firearms were recovered, the police said....
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
