‘Two brave officers lost, a child fighting for life’: PNP calls for unity against gun violence

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it is “deeply saddened” by the deaths of two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Corporal Trevoy Shaw and Constable Devoney Rose.

The two men sustained fatal gunshot wounds during confrontation with armed men who had barricaded themselves inside a house with other occupants, including a 10-year-old girl in Five Miles in Sligoville, St Catherine during an operation that unfolded around 5:15 am on Friday.

Shaw and Rose were members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Special Operations Branch. Shaw was pronounced dead on Friday while Rose, who was rushed into surgery with gunshot wounds to the head, died Saturday morning.