(Jamaica Gleaner) A motorist was shot and killed gangland-style in front of the police’s control centre, formerly the Church Street Police Station, in downtown Montego Bay, St James, early Monday night by gunmen who reportedly chased his vehicle through traffic, firing a barrage of shots.
Police personnel at the control centre were reportedly forced to flee in panic as bullets struck the outside of the building which serves as the police’s main communication centre for the parish.
It is believed that the deceased motorist was trying to elude his attackers by driving into the police facility but, unfortunately, he did not make it.
After the incident, a relative of the deceased motorist identified him as 31 year-old Devon Cooper, of a Dumfries address, also in St James. However, the relative was not able to provide much details about him and why he was on King Street, which is a volatile section of the western city.
When The Gleaner contacted the Montego Bay Police Station (Freeport), the headquarters of the St James police, immediately after the shooting, a lawman confirmed the incident but said he was not authorised to speak to the media.