Summary: Police in Kingston, Jamaica, have charged a security guard with wounding with intent after he and an accomplice allegedly attacked a complainant with rocks during a dispute. As a result, the victim sustained head injuries and is currently hospitalized in serious condition.
In a separate incident, a motorcyclist in St. Elizabeth, who was riding at night without a headlamp, unfortunately collided with a cow on the Lacovia Main Road. The impact threw him off his bike, and tragically, hospital authorities pronounced him dead upon arrival.
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Police in Kingston, Jamaica, have arrested and charged a security guard after he and an accomplice allegedly attacked a Kingston man with rocks during a dispute.
Authorities have identified the accused as 19-year-old Roshawn McDonald, otherwise called ‘Prep’, of Rodney Street, Kingston.
The arresting officer has charged McDonald with wounding with intent following the incident.
According to the police, on Tuesday, 20 October 20, at about 4:30 p.m., McDonald and another man got involved in a verbal altercation. The situation then escalated into a physical confrontation.
Residents intervened and separated the men. However, the situation took an ugly turn when McDonald left the scene and later returned with an accomplice.
The two men reportedly chased down the victim and attacked him. McDonald allegedly struck him multiple times in the head with a rock, causing the victim to fall to the ground.
Law enforcement officers responded and assisted the victim to the hospital, where the authorities admitted him in serious condition.
The police subsequently arrested and charged McDonald
His court appearance date is pending.
Biker dies after his motorcycle collided with a cow, police report
A Jamaican motorcyclist has died from injuries sustained when his motorcycle collided with a cow on the Lacovia main road in St. Elizabeth on Sunday night.
Police identified the deceased as Craig Smith, 46, a mason from Church Corner district in Lacovia, St. Elizabeth.
A preliminary police report indicated that the collision happened at around 11:10 p.m. Smith was riding a white 2020 Hi Rev Missile motorcycle westbound on the Lacovia Main Road. Unfortunately, he collided with a white cow that was standing in the roadway. Additionally, the police said Smith likely was riding the motorcycle without its headlamp on.
The police responded to the accident scene and found Smith extracted from the motorcycle and unresponsive at the scene.
Emergency responders transported Smith to the Black River Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him deceased upon arrival.
As of 6:00 a.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026, there have been 283 fatalities resulting from 245 crashes on Jamaica’s roads, according to the police. This is a decrease compared to last year’s corresponding period, which recorded 318 fatalities from 278 crashes.
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