Labourer killed by police in Portmore
Published:Wednesday | January 15, 2025 | 10:11 AM
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of a man by the police in Portmore, St Catherine, on Tuesday night.
The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old labourer Alex Madden of a Kingston 11 address.
Reports are that about 9 p.m., police personnel were on operation in Bridgeport, Portmore, when Madden was accosted.
He allegedly challenged the team with a gun, the police took evasive action and he was shot and injured.
The police say they seized a pistol affixed with a magazine containing six rounds.
Madden was assisted to the Spanish Town Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- Rasbert Turner
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