ST CATHERINE, Jamaica- The St Catherine South police have ruled out robbery as a possible motive in the shooting death of GC Foster College vice principal, Gibbs Williams.

Williams, who was also a national cricket team physical trainer and manager of the West Indies U-19 team, was fatally shot in Portmore, St Catherine Friday afternoon.

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Police reports are that sometime after 12 noon, Williams had completed an appointment at a facility in the Portmore Hospital complex and was headed towards his vehicle when he was attacked.

Witnesses reported hearing loud explosions, and Williams ran back into the facility, where he collapsed.

The police were summoned and they assisted Williams to the Spanish Town hospital.

“We’re following strong leads into the murder, senior investigators have started the process of looking into various sources of information. We’ve ruled out robbery as a possible motive,” senior superintendent of police Christopher Phillips, head of the St. Catherine South division, told Observer Online.

“This is a very unfortunate and sad situation. We strongly condemn this attack on a school administrator who has contributed so much to the youths of Jamaica.”

– Claude Mills