Acting Brigade Commander Lieutenant Colonel Carl Clarke, says investigations continue into the fatal shooting of a JDF soldier in Denham Town on Friday morning.
The deceased JDF soldier has been identified as 21-year-old Private Ejay Domville.
Private Domville was shot and killed in an alleged confrontation with armed men in the Charles Street and Chestnut Lane area.
The police say Domville was among a group of soldiers on foot patrol duties when they saw a group of suspicious-looking men.
The soldiers went in pursuit of the men who opened gunfire at them.
Lieutenant Colonel Clarke is the Acting Brigade Commander for the Jamaica Regiment, responsible for deployment across the country in support of the police.
He says the soldiers took evasive action and returned fire.
Lieutenant Colonel Carl Clarke, Acting Brigade Commander.
Private Domville was reportedly shot in the left side of his face.
Meanwhile, JDF’s Communication Officer, Major Kayson Gunzell has described the gunmen who killed Private Domville as cowards.
Major Kayson Gunzell, JDF’s Communication Officer.
Meanwhile, Nationwide News visited the business place of Private Domville’s mother in Duhaney Park, St. Andrew, on Friday.
The grieving woman wept for her son.
The mother of JDF Private Ejay Domville.
And residents of Duhaney Park blocked the road in their community in protest against Private Domville’s murder.
One angry resident who spoke with our news team said Domville had a warm personality.
She’s demanding answers.
A resident of Duhaney Park, St. Andrew.
And human rights lobby group Jamaicans For Justice, JFJ, has condemned the killing of Private Domville.
JFJ described the incident as a senseless act of violence that has robbed Jamaica of a public servant committed to helping the country.
The group says attacks on law enforcement such as this are a grievous loss for loved ones.
It adds that it also serves as an assault on the rule of law that underpins our society, which in turn creates a climate of fear.
The JFJ is urging the authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into this incident in order to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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