Podcaster Jhaedee ‘Jaii Frais’ Richards has been slapped with a battery of charges in connection to a shooting incident at a carnival party Sunday that left him and two other people nursing gunshot wounds.

The charges were laid following a court order to the police to charge or release Richards, who has been detained since the incident, by 6pm on Friday.

Richards has been charged with shooting with intent, wounding with intent, possession of prohibited weapon, and using a weapon to commit a felony.

The podcaster is represented by attorneys Isat Buchanan and D’ondre Buchanan.

His legal team confirmed the charges, which come just hours after their appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court where the police had been given the deadline.

An application for bail is to be made for Richards, who is yet to be given a date for his first appearance in court to answer to the charges.

The charges stem from an altercation at the Big Wall carnival party between Richards and members of dancehall artiste 450’s entourage, including the deejay’s manager and producer Jahvel “Jahvy Ambassador” Morrison.

Richards, a member of the entourage and a visitor from the United States who was a bystander were shot in the incident.

Morrison, who has retained top defence attorney Peter Champagnie, has also been detained since the shooting incident.