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3.19 p.m.
Police units on Rockfort main road under heavy and
sustained gunfire. East units asked to assist.
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3.34 p.m.
Rockfort Police Station under heavy gunfire.
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4.49 p.m.
Police under heavy gunfire in Maxfield Avenue.
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5.48 p.m.
MPD 32 under heavy gunfire at Darling Street.
Attacks on State Officials and the JCF on East Street
4.99.
We were told that one anecdote arising out of the events in West
Kingston was to the effect that members of the judiciary and an official in the
DPP’s office were shot at. Supt. Colin Pinnock clarified the position. While
listening to a transmission on his police radio on 24 May, he heard that a High
Court Judge and an official in the DPP’s office were passing in their vehicles at a
time when shots were being fired from the direction of Allman Town. The shots
were not aimed at the officials. But they were cautious and took refuge in
Harmon Barracks.
4.100.
Sgt. Robert Clarke gave evidence that, on the morning of 24 May,
he saw six men on East Street heading towards himself and about seven other
officers who were in police service vehicles. The men were armed with rifles and
attired in white shirts and jeans. They shot at the police, ran and took cover
over a period of about ten minutes. The police officers exchanged gunfire with
the gunmen. Sgt. Clarke said that his hearing and that of Cons. Richards have
been adversely affected as a result of hearing sustained gunfire “over a four day
period”.
ATTACKS AFTER 24 MAY
25 May 2010
4.101.
Even on 25 May, reports were still being received of gunfire at
Denham Town Police Station (9.26 a.m.) and of K9 Division under heavy gunfire