Members of the Police Force are again coming under fire following two fatal shootings over the past 24 hours in the parishes of St. Andrew and St. Catherine.
Both shootings sparked angry responses, as relatives and residents claim the two men were killed in cold blood.
In the Corporate Area incident, Dwayne Wilson, 24 of Donmair Close was shot and killed in what residents say are controversial circumstances.
According to one resident sometime after 4am on Tuesday, Wilson was at home, when police went to Donmair Close in a section of the community popularly known as 'Common'.
“It was cold blooded, I saw a few policemen in my yard and one of them got a phone call saying that they held onto the young man. if it is a case of them holding onto the young man, I would think that they would take him into custody (but) by the time they went through the gate it was just a barrage of shots. When we tried to see what was going on they were very rude to us and rain us in our houses” said a resident of Donmair Close.
Several residents who ventured outside of the community were temporarily prevented from re-entering as police conducted their investigations.
A team from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) was up to late Tuesday morning collecting statements as part of their probe
Police have been keeping a close watch on the community following threats by residents to block Red Hills Road and its environs.
Several men were detained by the police and are expected to be questioned in connection with reported robberies and other crimes in the St. Andrew North Police Division.
In the St. Catherine incident, which occurred on Monday night, the police responded to a robbery in Sydenham the central parish where they encountered six men robbing a bar.
It's alleged that the men engaged the police and during a reported shootout one was shot fatally. He has been identified as 20-year-old Horace Parkins, 20, investigators claim an illegal firearm was seized from Parkins.
Scores of Horizon Park residents mounted a protest on the Old Harbour Main Road, demanding a thorough investigation into his death
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