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The person in charge of the operation needs to explain who shot the intelligence agent (soldier) and why. The price of one dead soldier for the life of two low life muderers is too much. That soldier should have made it home to his family alive even if the two murders escaped.
Bloody Monday
Suspected cop killers, JDF soldier among nine killed in St Catherine, Kingston, St ThomasCOREY ROBINSON, Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A JDF soldier stands guard as residents of Allman Town mourn the murders of Christopher Stewart and Omar McKintyre who were shot at Bowfrey Road in Kingston yesterday. Stewart and McKintyre were among nine persons murdered between late Sunday night and 6:00 pm yesterday.
TWO men who police believe were involved in the murders of two policemen on Labour Day in Trench Town, Kingston were among nine people killed between Sunday night and yesterday as the island continued to experience a level of blood-letting that has driven fear into the hearts of many people.
A Jamaica Defence Force soldier was shot dead in the incident in which the two suspected cop killers were cut down by lawmen's bullets during a joint police/military operation in Westmore Gardens in Spanish Town early yesterday morning.
The soldier, later identified as Lance Corporal Oral Pinnock, was assigned to the Kingfish/National Intelligence Bureau, while the men killed by the police were named as Warren Faily, alias 'Border Hittis', 32, and Seamel Tycon.
Another man and two women were taken into custody following that incident and the police say that shortly after midday a Trench Town resident also turned himself over to the police.
According to the police, they entered a premises in Westmore Gardens when men ran from separate rooms and opened fire at them. The police said they returned the fire and after the shoot-out the men, as well as Lance Corporal Pinnock, were found with gunshot wounds.
The three were taken to hospital where Pinnock and the two men succumbed to their injuries. Pinnock was shot in the chest and it is not clear whether he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.
Two pistols were alleged to have been taken from the two men.
Yesterday, Inspector Steve Brown, spokesman for Operation Kingfish, said the dead men were part of a gang which operated in the violence-prone Wilton Gardens (Rema) area, and who had a million-dollar bounty placed on their heads for the murders of constables Cornel Grant, 34 and Delano Lawrence who were both killed on Labour Day.
The two cops, who were ambushed and their weapons - an M16 assault rifle and a 9mm pistol - stolen, were on patrol in an area along Third Street.
"They have been positively identified as part of the gang which is responsible for the murders of the two officers," Brown told the Observer.
Brown said that one of the pistols seized during yesterday's operation was suspected to be that which was taken from of one of the murdered cops.
"But tests will have to be done before we know for sure," said Brown.
"The police are still searching for the missing firearms and suspects of last Friday's murders."
In the meantime, Seargent Jubert Llewelyn said yesterday that a male resident of Trench Town turned himself in with his attorney at the Kingston Central Police Station.
"He said he heard that the police were searching for him in relation to last Friday's shooting and he turned up at the station with his lawyer, Llewelyn said.
Minister of national security Colonel Trevor MacMillan, in a statement yesterday, said he was saddened by the death of the soldier, the third member of the security forces to have been killed in three days.
MacMillan, a retired JDF officer, called the killing of the soldier a devastating blow but said the security forces will remain firm in their pursuit to find those responsible and bring them to justice.
He expressed condolences to the family and colleagues of Lance Corporal Pinnock, noting that the loss will be especially hard for his wife who is expecting their first child.
Meanwhile, homicide detectives in Spanish Town are investigating the slaying of two men and the injuring of three others during a drive-by attack at Eltham Park in the community.
The dead men are identified as Matthew Harper, 23 and shopkeeper Clinton McMorris, 32 while the injured men are aged 20, 34 and 49, all of the community.
According to the police, the men were standing near a shop in the community when they were shot by a carload of gunmen shortly after 11:00 pm Sunday. They were rushed to hospital where they were pronounced dead while the injured men were admitted in stable condition.
Yesterday, as Scene of Crime detectives processed the scene, one female resident wept openly. According to the woman, who said she was a friend of one of the dead men, the attack took place minutes after she left the shop where the men were killed.
Yesterday, gunmen also struck in the Corporate Area and St Thomas.
An unidentified bus conductor was attacked and shot several times as he walked in the Queensborough community before noon. He died on the spot.
Gunmen also slaughtered 20-year-old Christopher Stewart and Omar McKintyre, 22, as they rode on a motorcycle at the intersection of Slipe Pen and Bowfrey roads in Kingston. The double murder occurred at 6:00 pm.
Half-an-hour earlier, 51-year-old businessman Cecil Riley, popularly called 'Petrol', was slain in front of the Planet X night club he operated on the Albion Main Road in St Thomas. Police say Riley was among a group of persons standing at the side of the road when armed men approached him and shot him repeatedly.
He died on the spot.
Bloody Monday
Suspected cop killers, JDF soldier among nine killed in St Catherine, Kingston, St ThomasCOREY ROBINSON, Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A JDF soldier stands guard as residents of Allman Town mourn the murders of Christopher Stewart and Omar McKintyre who were shot at Bowfrey Road in Kingston yesterday. Stewart and McKintyre were among nine persons murdered between late Sunday night and 6:00 pm yesterday.
TWO men who police believe were involved in the murders of two policemen on Labour Day in Trench Town, Kingston were among nine people killed between Sunday night and yesterday as the island continued to experience a level of blood-letting that has driven fear into the hearts of many people.
A Jamaica Defence Force soldier was shot dead in the incident in which the two suspected cop killers were cut down by lawmen's bullets during a joint police/military operation in Westmore Gardens in Spanish Town early yesterday morning.
The soldier, later identified as Lance Corporal Oral Pinnock, was assigned to the Kingfish/National Intelligence Bureau, while the men killed by the police were named as Warren Faily, alias 'Border Hittis', 32, and Seamel Tycon.
Another man and two women were taken into custody following that incident and the police say that shortly after midday a Trench Town resident also turned himself over to the police.
According to the police, they entered a premises in Westmore Gardens when men ran from separate rooms and opened fire at them. The police said they returned the fire and after the shoot-out the men, as well as Lance Corporal Pinnock, were found with gunshot wounds.
The three were taken to hospital where Pinnock and the two men succumbed to their injuries. Pinnock was shot in the chest and it is not clear whether he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.
Two pistols were alleged to have been taken from the two men.
Yesterday, Inspector Steve Brown, spokesman for Operation Kingfish, said the dead men were part of a gang which operated in the violence-prone Wilton Gardens (Rema) area, and who had a million-dollar bounty placed on their heads for the murders of constables Cornel Grant, 34 and Delano Lawrence who were both killed on Labour Day.
The two cops, who were ambushed and their weapons - an M16 assault rifle and a 9mm pistol - stolen, were on patrol in an area along Third Street.
"They have been positively identified as part of the gang which is responsible for the murders of the two officers," Brown told the Observer.
Brown said that one of the pistols seized during yesterday's operation was suspected to be that which was taken from of one of the murdered cops.
"But tests will have to be done before we know for sure," said Brown.
"The police are still searching for the missing firearms and suspects of last Friday's murders."
In the meantime, Seargent Jubert Llewelyn said yesterday that a male resident of Trench Town turned himself in with his attorney at the Kingston Central Police Station.
"He said he heard that the police were searching for him in relation to last Friday's shooting and he turned up at the station with his lawyer, Llewelyn said.
Minister of national security Colonel Trevor MacMillan, in a statement yesterday, said he was saddened by the death of the soldier, the third member of the security forces to have been killed in three days.
MacMillan, a retired JDF officer, called the killing of the soldier a devastating blow but said the security forces will remain firm in their pursuit to find those responsible and bring them to justice.
He expressed condolences to the family and colleagues of Lance Corporal Pinnock, noting that the loss will be especially hard for his wife who is expecting their first child.
Meanwhile, homicide detectives in Spanish Town are investigating the slaying of two men and the injuring of three others during a drive-by attack at Eltham Park in the community.
The dead men are identified as Matthew Harper, 23 and shopkeeper Clinton McMorris, 32 while the injured men are aged 20, 34 and 49, all of the community.
According to the police, the men were standing near a shop in the community when they were shot by a carload of gunmen shortly after 11:00 pm Sunday. They were rushed to hospital where they were pronounced dead while the injured men were admitted in stable condition.
Yesterday, as Scene of Crime detectives processed the scene, one female resident wept openly. According to the woman, who said she was a friend of one of the dead men, the attack took place minutes after she left the shop where the men were killed.
Yesterday, gunmen also struck in the Corporate Area and St Thomas.
An unidentified bus conductor was attacked and shot several times as he walked in the Queensborough community before noon. He died on the spot.
Gunmen also slaughtered 20-year-old Christopher Stewart and Omar McKintyre, 22, as they rode on a motorcycle at the intersection of Slipe Pen and Bowfrey roads in Kingston. The double murder occurred at 6:00 pm.
Half-an-hour earlier, 51-year-old businessman Cecil Riley, popularly called 'Petrol', was slain in front of the Planet X night club he operated on the Albion Main Road in St Thomas. Police say Riley was among a group of persons standing at the side of the road when armed men approached him and shot him repeatedly.
He died on the spot.
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