JAMAICA: Policeman shot dead at illegal party in Manchester

(Jamaica Observer) – A police constable was late last night shot dead by gunmen at an illegal party in the northern Manchester community of Cobbla.

Preliminary reports are that the officer disarmed a gunman and was then attacked by patrons at the illegal party.

“He was shot dead by persons at a dance. He disarmed a gunman and the gunman was shot.

The angry patrons shot the policeman and bashed in his head,” a police source told OBSERVER ONLINE.