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KINGSTON, Jamaica – An 18-year-old female is dead and four other women are at hospital, each in serious condition, following a shooting incident in Negril, Westmoreland Monday night.
Dead is Ombretta Jackson of Lime Tree lane, West End in the Parish.
The police report that that about 8:45 pm, Jackson was among people at a shop in the area, when they were approached by two armed men who opened gunfire hitting Jackson and four other women. The gunmen allegedly made good their escape on a motorcycle.
The injured were taken to hospital where Jackson was pronounced dead and the four other females admitted.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police Dr Carl Williams has strongly condemned the shooting of the women and has called on the public to support the police in their efforts to apprehend the criminals.
According to a release from the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), the commissioner said “no effort will be spared to track, find and bring to justice the cowardly gunmen who seem bent on turning their weapons on the most vulnerable in our society, our women and children”.
Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of those involved in this shooting are being asked to call the Negril Police at 957-4268, Crime Stop at 311, 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.
Dead is Ombretta Jackson of Lime Tree lane, West End in the Parish.
The police report that that about 8:45 pm, Jackson was among people at a shop in the area, when they were approached by two armed men who opened gunfire hitting Jackson and four other women. The gunmen allegedly made good their escape on a motorcycle.
The injured were taken to hospital where Jackson was pronounced dead and the four other females admitted.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police Dr Carl Williams has strongly condemned the shooting of the women and has called on the public to support the police in their efforts to apprehend the criminals.
According to a release from the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), the commissioner said “no effort will be spared to track, find and bring to justice the cowardly gunmen who seem bent on turning their weapons on the most vulnerable in our society, our women and children”.
Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of those involved in this shooting are being asked to call the Negril Police at 957-4268, Crime Stop at 311, 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.
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