ST JAMES, Jamaica — One of the five men who escaped from the Barnett Street Police Station in St James on Saturday has been recaptured.

He is 36-year-old Fidel Ferguson of Mountain View, Greenwood in the parish.

Reports are that about 3:00 am on Sunday, lawmen were summoned by residents of Paisley district in the parish, after Ferguson told them he was shot by unknown assailants.

Upon the arrival of the police officers, Ferguson who was identified as one of the escapees was seen suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital where he is being treated under police guard.

In the meantime, one of the other four escapees, 42-year-old Edgar Spence, a labourer of Belinda district, Flower Hill was fatally shot during a confrontation with the police about 11:45 am on Saturday.

The other three escapees remain at large and are being urged to turn themselves in at the nearest police station. They are 22-year-old Tyrese Brown of Albert Town, Trelawny charged with murder and rape; 23-year-old Daniel McIntosh of Peddlars Lane, Mount Salem, St James charged with possession of a prohibited weapon et al; and 43-year-old Maurice Belnavis of Greens Paradise, Norwood, St James charged with simple larceny.

The police are once again reminding the public that it is a criminal offence to harbour fugitives.

Additionally, anyone with information that can assist in locating these individuals is asked to contact the Montego Bay Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) at 876- 953-6191, Crime Stop at 311, the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s tip line at 811 or the nearest police station.

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