Gunmen took another life at a bar in St Andrew bar, Jamaica. Police officers responded to a fatal shooting at a bar in Cassava Piece, St Andrew, Jamaica late Saturday night. Masked men entered the establishment and opened fire, killing a patron.
The authorities identified the deceased as 30-year-old Jerome Ellis, otherwise called “Keno”, unemployed of Cassava Piece, St Andrew.
According to the police, at about 11 p.m. on Saturday, Ellis was at the Dollar Sign Bar along Cassava Piece Road. At that time, two masked men entered the establishment.
One of the gunmen ordered a drink while the other spoke to Ellis briefly.
Shortly after, patrons heard loud explosions after which the gunmen fled the bar.
When normalcy returned , patrons found Ellis suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body.
The police responded and transported Ellis to the Kingston Public Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead on arrival.
Detectives from the Constant Spring Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating the killing. They hope to bring the brazen gunmen to justice soon.
INDECOM seeks witnesses after police shot Latoya Bulgin in St James
Meanwhile, the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) urged witnesses to the killing of Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin, to contact the police.
Police shot and killed Bulgin, 45, on Sunday May 17 in Granville, St James, Jamaica.
The shooting incident has attracted significant attention after CCTV footage circulated online.
On Monday, INDECOM issued a statement confirming that investigators have responded to the incident. They are now seeking additional eyewitness accounts and video footage.
Also, INDECOM wants to hear form persons who were travelling in the vehicle Bulgin was driving at the time.
INDECOM noted that the increasing use of cellphones and CCTV footage in police shootings play a major role. This is especially true in modern policing oversight.
According to INDECOM, such videos provide essential context regarding the actions of both civilians and law enforcement prior to fatal encounters. Additionally, they do so during and after those events.
INDECOM also revealed that the three officers reportedly assigned to crowd control duties during a protest at the time of the shooting did not have body-worn cameras.