MANCHESTER, JAMAICA – The Police Excessive Command has raised the menace stage for regulation enforcement officers in St. Catherine and Manchester following the deadly capturing of an alleged senior member of the Clansman gang throughout a police operation in Manchester at present.
The deceased has been recognized as Ronald “Richie” Evans, a resident of Clifton, Portmore, St. Catherine. Evans was reportedly a high-ranking determine within the infamous felony community, which has been linked to quite a few violent crimes, together with murders, extortion, and gun trafficking.
Based on the police report, regulation enforcement officers have been conducting an early-morning operation focusing on needed criminals, unlawful firearms, and medicines within the space after they encountered Evans.
The police say Evans opened hearth on them, prompting the officers to return hearth. He was shot and injured within the trade and later transported to the hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
In response to Evans’ dying, regulation enforcement personnel in St. Catherine and Manchester have been urged to intensify their alertness, as authorities worry potential retaliatory assaults from gang associates.
The Unbiased Fee of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the deadly capturing, as is normal process in police-involved incidents.
Regulation enforcement businesses proceed to accentuate anti-gang operations, focusing on key members of felony organizations in a bid to revive public security throughout Jamaica.
