Cut down by licensed firearm holders in attempted robbery 
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Cut down by licensed firearm holders in attempted robbery
Observer Reporter
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Police at the scene of yesterday's shooting at the Holy Cross Church in Kingston, next door to the Holy Childhood Prep School.
TEACHERS and students of the Holy Childhood Prep School in Kingston had to take cover yesterday as a gunman, in an attempted robbery, fired at a man who had gone to the school to pick up a child.
The gunman, who had apparently trailed the man onto the compound of the Holy Cross Church, located next door the school, however, found the heat too much for him as the man, a licensed firearm holder, and another firearm holder, took him down in a gunfight.
The two licensed firearm holders were also injured. Police said their condition was not serious.
The dead man, whose identity had not been confirmed up to press time, was said to be about 48 years old, approximately 5'9" in height, dark, of medium build and was clad in a pair of blue jeans pants, black shirt, black shoes and a khaki-coloured peak cap. A .38 revolver with four rounds was taken from his body, police said.
Sergeant Troy Anderson of the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) told journalists at the scene that it appeared that two men carrying out special work with the Holy Childhood Prep School, which shares an entrance with the church, were the targets of the armed robbery.
"The information we have so far suggests that at about 2:30 pm [yesterday], some men carrying out some chores at the school were pounced upon by three men, one of whom was armed. However, at least two of those men [who were attacked] were licensed firearm holders and the unidentified gunman was shot," he said.
Security guards at the school told the Observer that a few minutes after school was dismissed (at 2:00 pm), they heard several shots and rushed to secure the premises and protect the children by closing the gates and ushering the students back into their classrooms.
The children, they said, were clearly shaken-up by the incident and their subsequent outbursts of crying were testimony to their disturbed state.
Sergeant Anderson said the police's Victim Support Unit was scheduled to visit the school and have talks with the parents, teachers and especially the children who may have suffered trauma resulting from the incident.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news...67_OBS_UNLUCKY_FRIDAY_FOR_KINGSTON_GUNMAN.asp
Cut down by licensed firearm holders in attempted robbery
Observer Reporter
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Police at the scene of yesterday's shooting at the Holy Cross Church in Kingston, next door to the Holy Childhood Prep School.
TEACHERS and students of the Holy Childhood Prep School in Kingston had to take cover yesterday as a gunman, in an attempted robbery, fired at a man who had gone to the school to pick up a child.
The gunman, who had apparently trailed the man onto the compound of the Holy Cross Church, located next door the school, however, found the heat too much for him as the man, a licensed firearm holder, and another firearm holder, took him down in a gunfight.
The two licensed firearm holders were also injured. Police said their condition was not serious.
The dead man, whose identity had not been confirmed up to press time, was said to be about 48 years old, approximately 5'9" in height, dark, of medium build and was clad in a pair of blue jeans pants, black shirt, black shoes and a khaki-coloured peak cap. A .38 revolver with four rounds was taken from his body, police said.
Sergeant Troy Anderson of the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) told journalists at the scene that it appeared that two men carrying out special work with the Holy Childhood Prep School, which shares an entrance with the church, were the targets of the armed robbery.
"The information we have so far suggests that at about 2:30 pm [yesterday], some men carrying out some chores at the school were pounced upon by three men, one of whom was armed. However, at least two of those men [who were attacked] were licensed firearm holders and the unidentified gunman was shot," he said.
Security guards at the school told the Observer that a few minutes after school was dismissed (at 2:00 pm), they heard several shots and rushed to secure the premises and protect the children by closing the gates and ushering the students back into their classrooms.
The children, they said, were clearly shaken-up by the incident and their subsequent outbursts of crying were testimony to their disturbed state.
Sergeant Anderson said the police's Victim Support Unit was scheduled to visit the school and have talks with the parents, teachers and especially the children who may have suffered trauma resulting from the incident.
