WATCH: Man fatally shot in St Elizabeth during tussle with police
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A man, who is said to have been implicated in murders and shooting incidents on the Manchester/ St Elizabeth southern border, was fatally shot during a tussle with the police on Sunday at Stephens Run near Nain.
A police source said the man was shot during a confrontation with the cops sometime after 3:00 pm today.
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The police source said the man was being arrested when he attempted to disarm a policeman. He was then shot in the abdomen and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A firearm was reportedly seized.
A video, which went viral on social media shows two policemen tussling with a man, who then apparently tries to disarm one of the cops before being shot.
