KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has addressed reports suggesting that a serving member of the force was arrested in connection with the homicide of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Private Ejay Domville.

The JCF clarified that these reports are false, stating that no current member of the force has been linked to the murder.

“We wish to categorically state that these reports are false. No serving member of the JCF has been taken into custody in relation to this matter,” the JCF said in a statement on Sunday, further explaining that the individual arrested was a 31-year-old man who had been “dismissed as a trainee from the Force over two years ago, following an unrelated incident.”

“His apprehension occurred during the course of the investigation but is not directly connected to the death of the JDF private,” the statement sought to clarify.

The former police trainee was reportedly captured during a targeted operation led by the Area Four Fugitive Apprehension Team, in collaboration with the Denham Town mobile patrol team, in the west Kingston area on Saturday afternoon.

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Domville, 20, was shot and killed on August 23 while conducting foot patrol in the vicinity of Charles Street and Chestnut Lane.