Fatal West Kingston Police Shooting, Trelawny Robbery and Manchester Attack Mark Sunday

A man died after police opened fire during a confrontation that followed a chase involving a reported stolen motor vehicle through Kingston on Sunday afternoon.

Officers say they spotted the car, stolen several weeks earlier, along Spanish Town Road around 3:00 p.m. and signalled the driver to stop. The vehicle sped off, sparking a pursuit that ended on Raymond Place in West Kingston, where the occupants abandoned the car. Police allege the men fired on officers, who returned fire. A man with gunshot wounds was later found in a nearby gully and was pronounced dead at the Kingston Public Hospital. His identity has not been released. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has been notified, and the matter remains under investigation.

In Clark's Town, Trelawny, police are hunting four armed men who robbed a small store after 8:00 a.m. Sunday, taking an undetermined amount of cash. When their getaway car would not start, they forced a passing motorist from a Coaster van and fled. No one was injured.

In Manchester, detectives are probing a shooting near the gate of Bellefield High School about 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Three men among a group waiting to attend a football match were attacked by gunmen who shot two of them in the face and shoulder before escaping. The wounded men were taken to the Mandeville Regional Hospital; two were admitted and a third man, bruised while seeking cover, was treated and released.

Separately, in the St. Catherine Parish Court on Monday, Marvin Rodney of St. Catherine and Herman Golding of Clarendon were each fined $100,000 or two months in prison after pleading guilty to breaches of the Agricultural Produce Act linked to missing receipts. Presiding Judge Desiree Lane cut the fines from $200,000, noting the maximum is $3 million. The third accused, Wayne Barrett of the vehicle carrying four bags of cassava valued at $50,000, pleaded guilty with an explanation but failed to appear; a warrant was issued. Police had stopped the vehicle along the Time and Patience main road on March 25.

St. Andrew Central police, meanwhile, warn that domestic and interpersonal violence is a growing threat. Twenty-four-year-old Demani Richards was stabbed to death last Friday in Standpipe, St. Andrew, after a verbal dispute with a woman with whom he had been in a relationship; she is in custody and expected to be charged. Superintendent Mark Harris said murder numbers are contained and gangs are less of a problem than last year, but interpersonal killings — including in areas such as Jack's Hill, Garden Town Road and Mona Heights — now demand the heaviest policing focus.

Opposition Leader Mark Golding also addressed leaked voice notes, saying a party review found the conversation was not in any official PNP forum, no party officer took part, and the PNP has no official NEC WhatsApp group. The views, he said, were personal and do not represent party policy.