Two men shot and killed by police in St Catherine

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Two men shot and killed by police in St Catherine

The police fatally shot two men and seized two illegal guns in an alleged armed confrontation in St Catherine on Thursday night. Those killed are 44-year-old Everton Spike and 33-year-old Jason Spike, both carpenters of Port Henderson Road, St...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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