Man fatally shot by police during alleged confrontation in Portmore, INDECOM launches probe
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A man was fatally shot during an alleged armed confrontation with the police in Passagefort, Portmore, St Catherine on Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as 44-year-old mason Kemor Grant, otherwise called ‘Six Piece’, of Penny Way in Passagefort.
The police report that about 5:40 a.m. police personnel conducted a joint targeted operation in the community in search of a man who was allegedly suspected of being in possession of offensive weapons.
The police reported that the team entered a premises and reportedly observed a door slightly ajar.
The officers knocked but received no response, according to the police.
The police reported that members of the team then tactically entered a room, where they were allegedly greeted by gunfire from the man.
The police reportedly took defensive action and returned fire.
They say when the shooting subsided, Grant was found suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds and clutching a handgun.
The weapon was retrieved and identified as a Browning single-action nine millimetre pistol fitted with a magazine containing 10 rounds of 9mm ammunition, according to the police.
Grant was assisted to Spanish Town Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Independent Commission of Investigations is probing the matter.
- Rasbert Turner
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