Investigators probing Thursday night's fatal shooting of
one of the bodyguards of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller say evidence gathered
so far suggests that robbery was the motive.
Detective Sergeant Edgerton Brown, who also served as a bodyguard to P.J. Patterson when he was Prime Minister, was gunned down on Sundown Crescent off Molynes Road in St. Andrew.
It is reported that shortly before 9 o'clock Sergeant Brown took a female companion home.
Gunmen then walked up and opened fire hitting Sergeant Brown.
He was pronounced dead at hospital.
His killers took his firearm and motorcar.
A police investigator told RJR News Friday that shortly before the shooting, two men were seen travelling on a bicycle along Sundown Crescent.
The investigator explained that the men saw the policeman and the woman conversing in the parked vehicle, rode past them, then returned shortly after on foot.
The gunmen reportedly surprised Sergeant Brown who tried to pull his firearm.
He was shot in the armpit.
The woman jumped from the vehicle and escaped.
The policeman's car which was stolen by the killers was found minutes later near Bay Farm Road.
Police believe that the killers are from the nearby Olympic Gardens community.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Crime, Mark Shields, who is leading the investigation, told our news centre that a top level probe is underway.
And the Jamaica Police Federation has also condemned the murder of Detective Sergeant Brown.
Chairman of the Federation Corporal Raymond Wilson says the Force is not ready to give up the fight against the gunmen.
"Especially this year when so many of our members' lives have been taken out by these people who do not seem to care about life. A policeman's life is just as important as any other and even more so the fact that he has been given the responsibility to preserve the lives of his fellowmen in this country," said Corporal Wilson.
"And so I just want to implore on our members to be strong and continue to take the fight to these animals. This will not go untreated and unnoticed and we will do whatever is necessary even of we have to take along with them some of those who continue to hide them," he said.
And Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Derrick Smith, has also expressed condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Detective Sargeant Brown.
In a statement Friday afternoon Mr. Smith said he is encouraging the police to spare no effort in bringing to justice those responsible for the policeman's death.
Detective Sergeant Edgerton Brown, who also served as a bodyguard to P.J. Patterson when he was Prime Minister, was gunned down on Sundown Crescent off Molynes Road in St. Andrew.
It is reported that shortly before 9 o'clock Sergeant Brown took a female companion home.
Gunmen then walked up and opened fire hitting Sergeant Brown.
He was pronounced dead at hospital.
His killers took his firearm and motorcar.
A police investigator told RJR News Friday that shortly before the shooting, two men were seen travelling on a bicycle along Sundown Crescent.
The investigator explained that the men saw the policeman and the woman conversing in the parked vehicle, rode past them, then returned shortly after on foot.
The gunmen reportedly surprised Sergeant Brown who tried to pull his firearm.
He was shot in the armpit.
The woman jumped from the vehicle and escaped.
The policeman's car which was stolen by the killers was found minutes later near Bay Farm Road.
Police believe that the killers are from the nearby Olympic Gardens community.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Crime, Mark Shields, who is leading the investigation, told our news centre that a top level probe is underway.
And the Jamaica Police Federation has also condemned the murder of Detective Sergeant Brown.
Chairman of the Federation Corporal Raymond Wilson says the Force is not ready to give up the fight against the gunmen.
"Especially this year when so many of our members' lives have been taken out by these people who do not seem to care about life. A policeman's life is just as important as any other and even more so the fact that he has been given the responsibility to preserve the lives of his fellowmen in this country," said Corporal Wilson.
"And so I just want to implore on our members to be strong and continue to take the fight to these animals. This will not go untreated and unnoticed and we will do whatever is necessary even of we have to take along with them some of those who continue to hide them," he said.
And Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Derrick Smith, has also expressed condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Detective Sargeant Brown.
In a statement Friday afternoon Mr. Smith said he is encouraging the police to spare no effort in bringing to justice those responsible for the policeman's death.
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