We nuh see nothing
Cressa Lane residents distance themselves from dead men
Despite the Friday afternoon killing of four men by the police, and wounding of another, residents of Cressa Lane in Portmore were going about their usual business when the media visited the area.
They seemed calm and said this was because they had no idea who the men were.
“We nuh see nothing,” one resident said. “We nuh know what a gwaan inna we community, but we no hear nobody bawl out (justice), so it look like a strange man.”
A team from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) processed the scene.
“I have seen no protest at all, in fact as you can see, the place is very quiet, very calm. When we try to speak to people, persons just call to you, say hi and are pleasant, but nobody is saying anything but we are investigating assiduously,” said Floyd McNabb, INDECOM’s director of complaints.
RETURNED FIRE
Unofficial reports are that at about 4:10 p.m. police received intelligence which led them to Old Braeton community.
Upon arriving at Cressa Lane, a man was seen standing by a gate. The police accosted him and he allegedly pulled a firearm, firing at the lawmen.
He ran into a yard and shortly after three other men came out firing at the police. The police returned fire.
When the shooting subsided, five men were taken to hospital, four were pronounced dead, while another is currently nursing gunshot wounds.