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“I saw a motor car on the opposite side of the road with its
headlights on, shining in our direction. There were street
lights in the area and on the compound of the School. I
decided to cross the road to the side where the car was.
There was a wall on that side and we went close to the wall.
About 70 yards away, I saw a civilian vehicle with someone
sitting in it. The civilian shouted that his car had been shot
up and could not move. Two men were lying beside a police
car. The two men were policemen. We continued to move
close to the wall.”
4.23.
Supt. Pinnock told us that shots were being fired at them from over
the wall. There was an exchange of gunfire between the JCF and the gunmen.
Then he heard a voice of a policeman say: “Debo get shot”. Supt. Pinnock saw
“Debo” fall. It was Cons. Jason Davis.
4.24.
He also saw a second police officer being shot. The gunmen were
still shooting. Supt. Pinnock fired at one who ran from behind the wall and saw
him stumble but could not confirm that he had been shot. In the melee, most of
the police officers on the scene retreated “leaving Cons. Davis on the ground”.
Cons. Davis was one of the twenty officers who had accompanied Supt. Pinnock
to the scene. The Supt. went to Cons. Davis, comforted him and called for
assistance.
4.25.
Then Supt. Pinnock heard a voice calling out “Pinnock, Pinnock …
supa a mi Max, me get shot mi need help”. It was Sgt. Wayne Henriques a.k.a.
“Max”. Supt. Pinnock told him to lie down as shots were still being fired.
Supt. Pinnock’s group was “pinned down for about 20 minutes”. He heard
gunmen using expletives and saying “Oonu a guh dead tonight” and laughing.
4.26.
Soon after an armoured police vehicle from Area 4 arrived and
stopped by Sgt. Henriques. He was taken away to University Hospital of the
West Indies (UHWI). Another armoured vehicle, Rescue 7, came and took away
Cons. Davis. His helmet and firearm were secured. Supt. Pinnock went to UHWI
where he saw Cpl. Alexander Dawkins and Cons. Orlando Reid who had been