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(a)
Incident at Mountain View Avenue
9.14.
The injured policemen were: Cpl. Dawkins, Cpl. C. Cummings,
Cons. K. Miller, Cons. K. Forde, Cons. Knight and Cons. O. Reid. Sgt. Wayne
Henriques and Cons. Jason Davis succumbed to their injuries.
(b)
Injury to Cons. Maxwell
9.15.
We were told that Cons. Maxwell received a grazed injury on
24 May.
FINDINGS
9.16.
With respect to the Mountain View Avenue incident, we
find that the 8 police officers were on duty patrolling the area. They
were ambushed by some of Coke’s gunmen who used the elevated wall
on the playing field as a shield from which to rain a hail of bullets at
the officers. These gunmen were part of the Back Bush gang which
was affiliated to Coke’s Shower Posse. They were ruthless, merciless
and utterly defiant of the additional police officers who came to rescue
their ambushed colleagues. The location of the gunmen behind the
wall gave them the advantage of shooting at the police officers on the
roadway while using the wall as a shield from police gunfire. We also
find that two other officers received minor grazed wounds according to
the evidence of SSP Donovan Graham.
PART C – CIVILIANS KILLED
The Public Defender’s Interim Report
9.17.
After the internal security operation, 76 bodies were subject to post
mortem examinations. The then Public Defender, Mr. Earl Witter Q.C., prepared
an Interim Report for Parliament dated 29 April 2013 concerning his Office’s