Police kill alleged murderer in Ocho Rios

The Ocho Rios police and the Independent Commission of Investigations have launched separate investigations after the police shot and killed a man who killed a businessman late yesterday evening.

Reports from the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force are that 28 year-old Kayson Walker, a food vendor, stabbed and killed 43-year old Antonio Bryan, a businessman from Carib Heights, Ocho Rios. 

Bryan was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

According to the CCU, there was a confrontation between the police and Walker after the police were summoned.

Walker was shot during the tussle. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.