INDECOM probing incident where cop discharged licensed gun during alleged attack

The Independent Commission of Investigations is probing a matter where a policeman discharged his licensed gun during an incident in Lauriston, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday.

It is reported that about 7:00 a.m. the policeman went to Kim Drive in the community to pick up his common-law wife.

He reportedly saw a man at the location and he made enquiries about his presence there.

The man is said to have started to behave in a boisterous manner and allegedly pulled a pickaxe.

He was reportedly instructed by the policeman to drop it.

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The man reportedly disobeyed and advanced at the policeman, who brandished his licensed gun and fired a shot in the air to prevent the man from coming closer.

- Rasbert Turner