Man fatally shot by police in Four Paths, firearm seized

CLARENDON, Jamaica — A man was fatally shot by the police during an alleged confrontation near the Four Paths police station in Clarendon on Saturday.

His identity has not yet been ascertained.

Preliminary reports are that about midday, the man was accosted by cops on the Four Paths main road. Police said the man was about to be searched when he pulled a firearm, resulting in the lawmen opening fire on the suspect.

The injured suspect was taken to the May Pen Hospital, where he succumbed Saturday afternoon.

Police said a firearm was seized during the incident. The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) is probing the incident.

— Kasey Williams