In keeping with Hanover police, Rushawn Patterson, accused within the 2022 Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend homicide case, was fatally shot by lawmen throughout a confrontation on Tuesday.
Patterson was on bail and was awaiting his subsequent courtroom look on October 15.
This morning’s incident occurred round 5:40 a.m.
Particulars of what occurred is but to be launched by the police.
Patterson was arrested on November 2, 2022, throughout a high-level police operation, after Townsend’s physique was discovered floating within the sea in Studying, St James, on October 21 that 12 months.
A autopsy examination on November 5 decided that Townsend was strangled, and Patterson was formally charged together with her homicide on November 11.
In keeping with police experiences, Townsend travelled from Kingston to Montego Bay on October 20, 2022 and was later picked up by Patterson, following which they visited a restaurant in Hanover and a visitor home in St James.
Throughout that evening, an argument developed between the 2, following which Townsend was strangled and her physique disposed of.
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