Shields vows to nab Trench Town cop killers
May 26, 2008
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER of Police Mark Shields yesterday said the police were hot on the trail of the gunmen who killed two constables - Cornell Grant and Delano Lawrence - in Trench Town, west Kingston, last Friday.
"We have some strong leads and a good idea of the people who committed the murders," Shields told The Gleaner.
He said a police team revisited the crime scene Friday and found a trail of blood, which suggested that one of the gunmen was hit during the exchange with the policemen. A sample of the blood was taken for DNA tests.
Shields also addressed the fears of some Trench Town residents, who staged a demonstration there Saturday, saying they were worried about police reprisals for the murders of the constables.
"They should have no worry, I can assure them," Shields said.
Gov't support promised
Yesterday, acting Prime Minister Kenneth Baugh, National Security Minister Trevor MacMillan and Minister in charge of Women's and Gender Affairs, Olivia Grange, visited the families of the slain policemen.
The Government has promised all the support possible to the families.
During a visit with Constable Lawrence's widow, Camille, and eight-year-old son, D'Jhevani, in Harbour View, Baugh said the killings were devastating. He said Prime Minister Bruce Golding would contact the families once he returned to Jamaica from England late yesterday.
MacMillan described the killings as distressing and most unfortunate.
The government party then visited Constable Grant's home in Olympic Gardens, where they met the mother of his child, Ann Marie Benjamin, and his four-year-old son, Cornell....
Author: Howard Campbell
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
