ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police have confirmed that a man who was fatally shot during a tussle with two policemen in Stephen’s Run near Nain in St Elizabeth on Sunday, was wanted for the July 12 murder of Tyrone Morgan, otherwise called ‘Koucus’, in the same community.

Police identified the wanted man as 25-year-old Tuwaine Morrison, otherwise called ‘Wasp’, of a Stephens Run address.

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Reports from the Junction Police are that about 3:00 pm, lawmen responded to a call for assistance with a domestic dispute in Stephens Run, where it was alleged that Morrison assaulted relatives with an illegal firearm and made threats to kill them.

During the process of taking him into custody, he resisted and reportedly attempted to disarm one of the lawmen. The police discharged their weapon and he was hit.

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He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Both officers are receiving treatment for multiple injuries sustained during the altercation, including a broken wrist and several bite wounds inflicted by the now deceased.

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB) are investigating.

Morrison was also previously charged by the St. Elizabeth Police in connection with three robberies across the division.