Policeman grazed following alleged road rage shooting with another cop
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At a glance
- A police Corporal was grazed by a bullet and his car damaged in an alleged road rage incident involving another police Corporal.
- The incident occurred early Saturday morning on the Spur Tree Hill main road, with multiple shots reportedly fired.
- The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) is conducting a high-level probe into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
An investigation is underway into a serious incident involving two police Corporals in Jamaica, which resulted in one officer being grazed by a bullet and his vehicle being shot up.
The alleged road rage incident occurred early Saturday morning on the Spur Tree Hill main road. Preliminary reports indicate that multiple shots were fired into the injured policeman's car by the other Corporal.
Personnel from the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom), an independent body responsible for probing police misconduct, were processing the vehicles involved at the Mandeville police station on Saturday morning. The probe aims to ascertain the full circumstances leading to the shooting.
Details surrounding the exact cause of the road rage confrontation and the sequence of events remain unclear. Authorities are expected to release further information as the investigation progresses.
Originally published by Jamaica Observer. Summarized and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.