Linden/Soesdyke Highway
Force intensifies hunt
Controversial Police Superintendent Leon Fraser was yesterday, afternoon shot dead on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway during a gun battle with five persons thought to be escapees from the Camp Street Prison.
In what seemed to be a well-planned strike, the attackers apparently concentrated their fire on Fraser and retreated from the area immediately after. It was unclear why the police team was unable to pursue the attackers and searching for the gang would have been a difficult prospect last night for the police, sources say.
According to Commissioner of Police (ag), Floyd McDonald, Fraser and a party of policemen from the Anti-Crime Unit had responded to a “tip off” that the five escapees from the February 23 jailbreak were on the highway. Initial reports were that the bandits might have hijacked a number of cars on Monday night before moving to the highway.