UPDATE: Deanery Road reopened
Police cordon off a section of Deanery Road in Vineyard Town, which was the scene of a shooting earlier today.
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October 22, 2019

UPDATE: Deanery Road reopened

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says that Deanery Road in Vineyard Town has been reopened to vehicular traffic.

The road was earlier closed to facilitate the processing of a crime scene. Unconfirmed reports are that one person was killed and five others injured in a shooting incident in the morning.

More information later.

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