KENDAL, Manchester — A relative of 14-year-old Mikhail Simpson, who was fatally shot by the police in Williamsfield on Sunday, has admitted that the teen’s 20-year-old brother who was driving tried to elude the police as he is not the holder of a driver’s licence.

Ingrid Brooks, aunt of the Simpson brothers, said the 20-year-old, while driving a Toyota Mark X, spun around to avoid the police on the Kendal main road.

“They came down here and saw the police, and they turned and went back up the highway to go to Williamsfield and the police intercepted them at the railway station in Williamsfield. They didn’t run them down to go up there, so I don’t see how it was a shoot-out and a chase,” she said on Tuesday.

“Yes, they were trying to elude the police, because the driver didn’t have a licence. That is the only thing they are guilty of,” she said.

Mikhail, who was a student at Bellefield High School, was a passenger in a white Toyota Mark X motor car driven by his 20-year-old brother when they were shot by the police.

According to the police, about 5:00 pm there was a vehicular checkpoint at Kendal when the Mark X was observed in what appeared to be an attempt to elude the checkpoint.

The police said the Mark X travelled towards Williamsfield, where another police team attempted to intercept the vehicle, but a high-speed chase ensued.

According to the police, during the chase, the Mark X crashed into a pickup near the Williamsfield train line. The driver of the pickup sustained minor injuries to his hand and had to seek cover during the shooting.

The Mark X came to a stop at a bar near Hope Village. Police said two occupants of the car escaped on foot, while a third occupant was found suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Brooks, who was among placard-bearing residents of Barrett Piece that were gathered across from the Kendal Police Station, said Mikhail was carrying food home to his dad for Father’s Day. “The 14-year-old who was killed, he was killed with three plates of food in his lap and a foil with pork in it. They were taking up dinner for their dad,” she said.“I don’t see how there was a shoot-out. How comes there was a gun in the car? They just left the house. No gun [was] in the car and they are saying it is a shoot-out. That is not possible,” added the aunt.Subsequently, residents chanted, “We want justice!” as they stood across from the station. While the police kept a watchful eye on the placard-bearing residents, roadblocks were mounted in sections of Kendal.Steve Simpson, Mikhail’s father, was overcome with grief.“Dem kill mi baby, so innocent. Fourteen-year-old him nuh do nothing and dem just kill him like that. A justice that?” he asked.He also questioned why his 20-year-old son was handcuffed to a bed at hospital.“Why dem have to handcuff him and him anuh gunman. A just driver’s licence him nuh have, so weh dem handcuff him fah and have two police over him like him a criminal,” he said.On Monday, Hamish Campbell, assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), confirmed that a probe has been launched into the incident.Residents are calling on the intervention of the Government to ensure justice is served.“Mi want [Prime Minister] Andrew Holness fi come down yah, because if him nuh come down yah, him nuh have one more vote a Kendal,” said Rose Marie Plummer, a resident of Barrett Piece.Councillor Mario Mitchell (People’s National Party, Bellefield Division) questioned why body-worn cameras were not being used by the police during the incident.“There are many more questions that need to be asked. One about the police and body cameras and any recording of the shooting that evening, because it means that nobody is safe,” he said.“It could happen to anybody, it could happen to your child. It means that the police would have been careless in how they have conducted because INDECOM has said that there is no firearm [seized]. The head of the police in the parish, the minister himself, or even the prime minister and the police commissioner have to come and face the people to answer their concerns,” added Mitchell.