Wanted man fatally shot by police in Cambridge, St James
Published:Thursday | October 27, 2022 | 8:56 AM
A wanted man was shot and killed during a confrontation with the police in Cambridge, St James, on Wednesday afternoon.
He has been identified as 28-year-old Daniel Daley, otherwise called 'McGill', a labourer of Post Office Hill, also in Cambridge.
The Cambridge police report that about 1:40 pm, a team carried out an operation in a section of Cambridge called Jungle in search of Daley, who was wanted for a case of shooting with intent committed in Cambridge square on April 20.
According to the police, the team came under heavy gunfire while approaching a house surrounded by vegetation.
The police say the fire was returned and when the shooting ended Daley was discovered suffering from gunshot wounds while reportedly clutching a handgun.
They say three other gunmen escaped on foot into the area.
A member of the police team was treated at hospital for a sprained ankle.
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the shooting.
- Hopeton Bucknor
Follow The Gleaner on Twitter and Instagram @JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @GleanerJamaica. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169 or email us at onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com or editors@gleanerjm.com.