On Monday, May 15, 2023, armed thugs shot and killed a man who had gone to an arranged location to display a vehicle he had for sale to an interested buyer in St James.
The police identified him as Robert Harvey, age 42, a JUTA Tour operator of Bogue Hill in St James.
According to reports, Harvey arranged to display a vehicle he was selling to an interested buyer in Gordon Crossing, Bogue, St James.
On Monday afternoon, May 15, 2023, Harvey drove to the arranged location in Gordon Crossing to meet with the would-be buyer of the motor vehicle.
And while he sat in his vehicle waiting for the individual, a motor vehicle pulled up beside him, and two men exited and opened fire, hitting Harvey multiple times.
Residents summoned the police to the scene. Upon arrival, the police assisted Harvey to the hospital, where he died.
Armed thug gunned down patron at watering hole in Old Harbour.
The police reported that on Monday night, May 15, 2023, a lone thug shot and killed a patron at a bar in Old Harbor, St Catherine.
The police identified the deceased man as Collin Alexander, age 35, of Karlton Glades, Clarendon.
According to the police report, at about 8:30 pm, on Monday, May 15, 2023, Alexander was at a watering hole on West Street in Old Harbor, StCathrine when a man clutching a gun approached him and opened fire, hitting Alexander in his upper body several times.
The police assisted him to the hospital, where he died.
Manchester gumshoes working to uncover suspects in strings of break-ins and rapes.
The Manchester police said they had launched an investigation to expose the identity of the person or persons responsible for the string of break-ins and two reported cases of rape in the Dunrobin and Balvenie communities.
The police said residents of both communities have been fearful since the incidents.
According to the Operations Officer for the parish, Deputy Superintendent David Blake, the police have met with concerned residents of both communities to reassure them that the police will heighten their visibility in the communities.
“The investigations are in their early stages, and we are collecting evidence, forensic evidence, seeking to identify a suspect. But as it stands now, the immediate response of the police is to insert more patrol into the space, both marked police units and unmarked police units,” he said.
DSP Blake, Operations Officer for the Manchester police
The DSP added that the police recently launched a Quick Response unit in the parish, which will help ensure they can respond quickly to calls for service.
He also said there are talks ongoing with the Manchester chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica regarding the revival of inactive neighborhood watches and citizen associations.
“We are finding that in some of these communities, neighbors don’t know neighbors and these kinds of things, so as police officers, we want to go in and initiate a process where neighbors look out for each other,” DSP Blake explained.