St. Catherine, Jamaica — A manhunt launched by safety forces following a fierce gun battle in Linstead, St. Catherine, on Monday night time has resulted within the seize of one of many two males who escaped, believed to have fired at police through the alternate.
The confrontation occurred round 10:30 p.m., when police tried to intercept 5 males travelling in a white Toyota Axio alongside the Linstead bypass. In the course of the ensuing shootout, three of the boys had been fatally shot, whereas two others managed to flee the scene.
Two members of the police get together had been additionally wounded through the gunfire alternate. One officer stays hospitalized in steady situation, whereas the opposite was handled and launched. A firearm was recovered from the scene.
Experiences point out that the captured suspect was apprehended early Tuesday morning throughout a focused police operation in wooded areas alongside the Linstead prepare line. Police sources say the person was nursing a gunshot wound to certainly one of his legs when discovered hiding within the bushes.
The id of the captured man has not but been launched, and the second fugitive stays at massive as safety forces intensify patrols in Linstead and Bathroom Stroll.
In the meantime, the three males killed through the shootout stay unidentified. Investigators imagine the group could also be linked to a prison community working in Ocho Rios, St Ann, and St Catherine, and will have been concerned in robberies and different unlawful actions within the Bathroom Stroll and Riversdale areas.
Police are persevering with to probe the circumstances of the confrontation, together with the intent of the boys on the night time of the incident, as they try and find the second fugitive.
