The St Andrew South Police suspect that a man found dead with bullet wounds on Third Street in Greenwich Farm Saturday morning was involved in Friday night's shooting of a constable in the community.
Senior Superintendent Kirk Ricketts, Commanding Officer for the police division, told Radio Jamaica News that the deceased was clutching a firearm.
SSP Ricketts said the body was found while the police were carrying out a search of the community following the attack on a patrol team.
It's reported that the patrol team were making inquiries of a group of men acting suspiciously when the men pulled firearms, resulting in a shoot-out.
SSP Ricketts said a constable was wounded during that exchange.
He said the police suspect that the dead man was among the group that shot at the patrol team.
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