MANCHESTER, JAMAICA – The Police Excessive Command has raised the menace degree for regulation enforcement officers in St. Catherine and Manchester following the deadly taking pictures of an alleged senior member of the Clansman gang throughout a police operation in Manchester in the present day.
The deceased has been recognized as Ronald “Richie” Evans, a resident of Clifton, Portmore, St. Catherine. Evans was reportedly a high-ranking determine within the infamous prison community, which has been linked to quite a few violent crimes, together with murders, extortion, and gun trafficking.
In line with the police report, regulation enforcement officers had been conducting an early-morning operation concentrating on wished criminals, unlawful firearms, and medicines within the space after they encountered Evans.
The police say Evans opened fireplace on them, prompting the officers to return fireplace. He was shot and injured within the change and later transported to the hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
In response to Evans’ loss of life, regulation enforcement personnel in St. Catherine and Manchester have been urged to intensify their alertness, as authorities worry potential retaliatory assaults from gang associates.
The Unbiased Fee of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the deadly taking pictures, as is commonplace process in police-involved incidents.
Legislation enforcement businesses proceed to accentuate anti-gang operations, concentrating on key members of prison organizations in a bid to revive public security throughout Jamaica.
