Teen, cop among 3 injured in shoot-out
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three people, including a policeman, were today shot and injured during an alleged confrontation with gunmen on Vineyard Toll in St Catherine.
Reports from the police are that about 1:00 pm, a police team was conducting vehicle checkpoint operations on the toll road when they signalled the driver of a Toyota Corolla motor car to stop.
The driver complied and the officers reportedly approached the motor car.
It is alleged that two men came out of the motor car and opened gunfire, which resulted in a shoot-out.
The police say when the shooting subsided, it was discovered that one of the officers along with a 17-year-old female and a 14-year-old boy received gunshot wounds.
They are being treated at hospital, the police say.
The men escaped in a nearby community, however the driver who fled the scene was later accosted and is now in police custody.
