Hanover, Jamaica – Police have taken into custody a lady believed to be the mastermind behind the brutal ambush that claimed the lifetime of a policeman’s spouse, whereas one other suspected attacker has been reduce down in a bloody confrontation with safety forces.
Legislation enforcement sources say the girl — described as a enterprise affiliate of the policeman — was nabbed by a police crew round 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at a visitor home in Purple Floor, Hanover.
“She will probably be charged, little doubt about it,” a senior cop informed McKoy’s Information, noting that investigators are nonetheless piecing collectively the total scope of the homicide plot.
Hours later, gunfire erupted in Salt Spring, St James, the place police engaged a person linked to the lethal assault. The suspect, believed to be tied to the infamous KDF gang out of Mount Salem, was fatally shot on Lengthy Retailer Highway. Cops say an unlawful pistol was seized on the scene.
This newest improvement follows a bloody chain of occasions triggered final Saturday evening, when 36-year-old human useful resource practitioner, Latoya Stephenson, her policeman husband, and their five-year-old son had been ambushed by gunmen alongside the Studying essential street in St James. Stephenson died from her accidents, her husband was hospitalized, and the kid stays in crucial situation in ICU.
Because the homicide, police have intensified their crackdown on the suspects. On Monday, alleged KDF gang chief Andre Reid, in any other case referred to as “Like Zulu”, was killed in an armed confrontation. Hours earlier, Lindel Grey, in any other case referred to as “Frass”, was gunned down in a shootout with police within the Anchovy space. Each scenes yielded unlawful firearms.
Investigators imagine the assaults are gang-related and have vowed to search out each final individual concerned within the lethal plot.
