A businessman who was accused of engaging police in a shoot-out in Tivoli Gardens in Kingston in 2023 was freed in the Gun Court on Tuesday after a Gun Court judge upheld a no-case submission made by his attorneys.

Thirty-seven-year-old Neil Anderson was acquitted of charges of shooting with intent and possession of a prohibited weapon following a ruling by Justice Leighton Pusey.

The allegations stemmed from an incident on November 11, 2023, when police said Anderson and several other men exchanged gunfire with cops after a high-speed chase into the West Kingston community.