Teen charged following carjacking incident in Manchester
Published:Tuesday | August 30, 2022 | 12:09 PM
A Manchester teenager has been charged with kidnapping and several gun-related crimes following an incident in the parish last month.
He is 18-year-old Dejaune Hamilton, otherwise called 'Digi', of New Hall District, Manchester.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) says he was charged on Sunday with kidnapping, shooting with intent, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.
The police say about 5:30 p.m. on July 25, a woman was driving home from work when Hamilton and another man, Jermaine Robinson, otherwise called 'Chubby', drove into the back of her vehicle, along New Green Road in Mandeville.
They reportedly demanded that she exit the vehicle.
The CCU says one of the men then brandished a handgun and ordered the woman back inside the vehicle and she complied.
The men were afterwards intercepted by the police, whom they engaged in a gun battle, during which Robinson was shot dead.
Hamilton turned himself in with his lawyer and was pointed out during an identification parade.
The woman was not hurt.
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