Phillip Taylor
ST ANN, Jamaica — Police say a homemade firearm with two magazine holsters and military paraphernalia were seized at the home of popular Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) blogger, 37-year-old Phillip Taylor, after he was found dead in a car on Wednesday night.
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A police report said about 9:10 pm, residents heard loud explosions in Union Pen, Ocho Rios. Police later found Taylor in the front seat of a Toyota Probox motor car with multiple gunshot wounds.
Acting on information, the police reportedly conducted an operation at Taylor’s house when the homemade firearm and military paraphernalia were found inside a bedroom.
Taylor was pronounced dead at hospital.
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