8-y-o, teen slain in West Kgn attacks
Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:56 AMDanae Hyman/Staff Reporter
The night was heavy with grief as the mother of an eight-year-old child who was murdered at her home yesterday afternoon wailed uncontrollably in the arms of a policeman at her Denham Town, Kingston, home.
According to a police source, the child was accidentally shot as she sat on her veranda at approximately 4 p.m. This is alleged to be a reprisal shooting for the brutal killing of a 15-year-old teen by rival gunmen in nearby Tivoli Gardens.
It is reported that the teen, Nyron Taylor, a student of Tivoli Gardens High School, left his home and ventured into Denham Town to meet his father when he was approached by gunmen and shot 19 times in the chest.
The eight-year-old girl was unidentified up to press time.
“So because of what happened earlier in the day, it appears that they came back for revenge, and were shooting at someone in the yard, but because the little girl was on the veranda, she got shot,” the police source said.
The killing took place near a zone of special operations checkpoint in the community.
It was reported that a police officer sustained injury to his nose after being stoned by a resident when security personnel sought to urge onlookers to go inside their homes.
The cop was hospitalised in stable condition.
Two firearms were later retrieved and a man arrested in connection with the killing of the eight-year-old.
Despite the Kingston Western Police Division being declared a zone of special operations since 2017, the security forces have struggled to staunch the flow of blood.
Up to May 2 this year, murders have soared in the division by more than 52 per cent, moving from 21 to 32, year-on-year.