Onlookers gather at the Old Shoe market following the fatal shooting incident on Christmas Day.
December 25, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A woman was reportedly fatally shot by police inside the Old Shoe Market in Montego Bay on Wednesday morning.
The woman has not yet been identified but reports are that the deceased was chasing another woman with a knife when the police intervened.
The incident occurred just before 7:00am which drew scores of onlookers. Some individuals at the scene openly cried while others asked if an alternative method could have been used.
The woman was rushed to hospital where reports are that she succumbed to her injuries.
This shooting comes less than a day after three men were fatally shot in an alleged confrontation with the police in Orange District on Tuesday morning.
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Police say that they had gone to the community in search of a person of interest connected with the recent flare up of violence in the Rose Heights community of St James when the attack occurred.
According to the cops, they were fired upon, the fire was returned and when the smoke cleared three men were found to have been fatally hit. Three firearms were recovered from the scene as well.
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into that incident, adding in a release that so far this year 183 persons have been shot and killed by the security forces, including 15 in December alone.