JUTC driver shot dead
ST ANDREW, Jamaica – Detectives assigned to the St Andrew Central Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have commenced a probe into last night’s shooting death of a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus driver on Bedward Crescent, August Town.
He has been identified as 51-year-old Albert Barnes of 3 East, Greater Portmore, St Catherine.
Reports from the Half Way Tree Police are that about 9:05 pm Barnes was driving a JUTC bus along Bedward Crescent when explosions were heard coming from the direction of the bus. The police were summoned and on their arrival, he was seen with a gunshot wound to his chest. Barnes was taken to hospital where he died while being treated.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has any information that can assist the police with their investigations is being asked to contact the Half Way Tree Police at 926-8184 or 926-2551, Crime Stop at 811, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.
