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A top level probe is underway into Thursday night's fatal shooting of a member of the security team assigned to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
Detective Sergeant Everton 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 later pronounced dead at hospital.
His killers took his firearm and motorcar.
The vehicle was recovered minutes later near Bay Farm Road.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Crime, Mark Shields, says a meeting will be held Friday morning to review the investigation carried out so far.
And Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Lincoln Robinson says Mrs. Simpson Miller has expressed shock at the news of her bodyguard's death.
Mr. Robinson described Sergeant Brown as a caring and committed member of the Prime Minister's security team.
Detective Sergeant Everton 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 later pronounced dead at hospital.
His killers took his firearm and motorcar.
The vehicle was recovered minutes later near Bay Farm Road.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Crime, Mark Shields, says a meeting will be held Friday morning to review the investigation carried out so far.
And Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Lincoln Robinson says Mrs. Simpson Miller has expressed shock at the news of her bodyguard's death.
Mr. Robinson described Sergeant Brown as a caring and committed member of the Prime Minister's security team.
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