Portland, Jamaica – Gunshots echoed via the quiet streets of Hope Bay early Monday morning (August 26) after armed males tried to interrupt right into a Western Union outlet. However their massive heist plans had been lower brief – because of fast motion from an armed guard and the Portland police.
Stories are that round 2:30 a.m., a number of males, armed with crowbars, pried open the again door of the constructing. Their goal? Money. However inside, ready, was a safety officer who wasted no time in confronting them.
“He challenged the lads and through an change of gunfire, one man was hit,” confirmed Superintendent Ainsley McCarthy, head of the Portland Police Division.
Police rushed to the scene and instantly locked down the realm. A motor automobile, believed for use by the robbers, was seized, and its driver taken into custody.
Comply with-up operations all through the day netted seven extra suspects – amongst them, a mom and her daughter, who’re stated to be family members of the person who was shot through the firefight. Officers additionally seized a 9mm pistol and a number of other rounds of ammunition.
Superintendent McCarthy was clear: not one of the suspects are locals. Their addresses span St Andrew, Kingston, and St Catherine.
“In case your intentions aren’t good, don’t come into the parish,” the Superintendent warned.
The injured suspect was rushed to Port Antonio Hospital, the place he later died. One other man from the group additionally stays in hospital below tight police guard.
This isn’t the primary time criminals have set their sights on the Hope Bay Western Union – the outlet has been a goal in earlier break-ins. However residents say this time, the police received it proper.
The investigation is ongoing as police proceed to trace the motion of the prison community behind the tried theft.
