Up to late yesterday afternoon, the Jamaica Constable Force (JCF) had yet to release an official statement on the incident in which an American citizen was shot at a sensitive area of the Sangster International Airport (SIA) and later died at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James.

A source, who alerted The Gleaner to the incident shortly after the shooting, said the man, who travelled to Jamaica on Thursday on an American passport, was seen in the vicinity of a fuel storage area at the airport shortly after 2:00 a.m. on Friday and the police were alerted.

It was further revealed that when the police tried to apprehend the man, he became aggressive and, during a tussle, he was shot. He was taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.