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August 15, 2026

Policeman grazed following alleged road rage shooting with another cop

MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A high level probe is underway into the circumstances leading to a police Corporal being grazed by a bullet and his car shot up following an alleged road rage incident on the Spur Tree Hill main road involving another police Corporal Saturday morning.

Preliminary reports are that the incident happened sometime after midnight.

Police sources say multiple shots were fired into the injured policeman’s car allegedly by the other cop.

Up to 8:30 am on Saturday personnel assigned to the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) were processing the vehicles involved in the incident at the Mandeville police station.

— Kasey Williams

(Video: Kasey Williams)

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