ST CATHERINE, Jamaica–Police constable Orlando Garricks was granted bail in the sum of one million dollars with one to three sureties and reporting conditions when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday.

Garricks is charged with murder and wounding with intent following a fatal shooting incident which occurred on October 13, 2024, at the Ewarton Sports Complex in St Catherine.

The incident resulted in the death of Vivian Francis and a woman sustaining a gunshot injury.

The incident reportedly occurred during a party at which the victims and Constable Garricks were patrons. It is alleged that an altercation occurred, during which the cop discharged his firearm. In his account of the incident, the constable reported that he acted in self-defence.

However, eyewitness accounts obtained during the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) investigation differed from his account of the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

In 2026, 24 members of the security forces were charged in relation to incidents investigated by Indecom.

Of that number, 22 were cops and the others correctional officers.