Two clergymen were shot and killed and a firearm seized on Kerr Crescent, St. James on Saturday, November 12.
Dead are 27-year-old Pastor Ryan Jackson and 23-year-old Deacon Bucklair Smith, both of Rose Heights in St James.
Both men conducted their ministry at First Fruit International Church of Jesus Christ Healing and Deliverance Ministry on Barnett Street in Montego Bay, St James. It is operated from a commercial complex and was closed all day on Sunday.
The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) in a release stated that “Reports from the Montego Bay Police are that about 5:40 a.m., police were on an operation in the area when they heard several loud explosions and went to investigate. On their arrival, two gunmen opened gunfire at them. The police took evasive action and returned gunfire hitting one of the assailants, who was later found with a 9mm pistol containing six rounds of ammunition. His accomplice managed to escape.
Jackson and Smith were found with gunshot wounds outside of a hardware store and were assisted to hospital where they were pronounced dead. The injured gunman has been admitted in hospital under police guard.”
News has since emerged that the gunman that is under police guard was also wanted in connection to a murder committed in St James earlier this year.
The police are continuing their investigations.
