ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— A man suspected to be involved in Friday night’s triple murder in Lime Tree Grove, St Catherine, was reportedly shot and killed by police on Dallas Lane in Spanish Town in the parish Saturday morning.

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An illegal firearm was reportedly seized during the incident. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has since launched a probe.

The dead man was identified as 36-year-old Jermaine Anthony Blake, otherwise called ‘Swelly’, from King Street in Dallas Lane. Blake reportedly worked as a security guard at a primary school in Spanish Town.

Reports are that around 12:50 am, a police team was on a special operation in Dallas Lane.

On reaching a section of the lane, a group of men were seen. On the approach of the lawmen, the men reportedly ran in different directions, and the police went in pursuit.

Blake, the police said, ran into a house where he pointed a firearm at the police, who took evasive action and opened gunfire, hitting him. He reportedly fell to the ground, clutching the weapon.

The firearm, a Taurus 9mm pistol with a magazine containing five 9mm rounds, was retrieved, and Blake was assisted to the Spanish Town Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.