Kingston, Jamaica – Detectives from the Kingston Western Division have made a major breakthrough within the investigation into the homicide of Corporal Christopher Smith. A suspect linked to the deadly taking pictures was apprehended on the Norman Manley Worldwide Airport on Wednesday.
The identification of the detained particular person is at the moment being withheld because the investigation continues.
Corporal Smith, a 47-year-old officer assigned to the Kingston West Division, tragically misplaced his life throughout an armed theft at a Texaco gasoline station on East and Beechwood Avenues in St. Andrew final Friday night time.
The incident occurred round 10:54 p.m. when the off-duty officer unknowingly drove into the scene of the theft. A gunman, seeing Smith’s firearm, opened fireplace, fatally wounding him. The perpetrators then fled the scene in a ready automobile.
The brazen theft additionally focused gasoline station attendants, who had been robbed of money. The cashier contained in the station was additionally robbed in the course of the ordeal.
