Canadian killed on westend friday night.

[CosmicMoose]

Just saw this nice bit of news too, hopefully it helps bring the perp to justice.

NEGRIL, Westmoreland — The police high command is offering a reward of $2 million to anyone with information leading to the arrests of the killers of 35-year-old real estate agent Andre Palakai, a Canadian visitor who was gunned down here Friday night.

~Moose

[captaind & Linston]

Just saw this nice bit of news too, hopefully it helps bring the perp to justice.

NEGRIL, Westmoreland — The police high command is offering a reward of $2 million to anyone with information leading to the arrests of the killers of 35-year-old real estate agent Andre Palakai, a Canadian visitor who was gunned down here Friday night.

~Moose

The next to last paragraph poses more questions. Seems less and less random or robbery.

Cap

[TAH]

The next to last paragraph poses more questions. Seems less and less random or robbery.

Cap

I don't see how the paragraph in question has anything to do with this incident. I took that to mean that the police chief was in town interviewing/talking to families of other recent victims. Am I reading it wrong?

[Jaherring]

Has there been an arrest?

[Irieonline]

I almost have to laugh when i see news reports or comments describe a tourist being murdered in Jamaica as a random killing. If it was a robbery gone bad then it was not random and it could happen anywhere. All of us who have been going to Negril for years are aware of the dangers in Negril or anywhere else we live and travel to and most of us use our common sence the best we can to not put ourselves in dangerous situations. I dont want to speculate as not all the facts are in or being shared and some reports or stories say robbery wasnt a motive. We all know to well that some people do not just visit Negril and Jamaica for sunshine, reggae music, rum and ganja and some are there for more than just that and in doing so get involved with an aspect of Jamaica that the average tourist may not know about. Not saying its ok that this has happened because its not and yes it makes alot of us second guess our plans to return to Jamaica but deep down I believe that these men didnt just pull up on a motor bike and say this is the person we are going to shoot today just because we can. There is always much more to the story than just a random killing and i pray that this is the case with this story and it wasnt just a random killing because if that every starts happening in our beloved Negril the people and places we love so much will pay the ultimate price and suffer much more than they allready do.

[Marko]

mi live here most of da time and heard around 4-5 gunshots on Friday night around 10pm...
mi live pretty close to the scene of this incident.....it happened by the wall at Kaisers......
which is close to Ocean Edge Lane and mi live at the start of the next lane over on Pee Wee Lane aka Ella Drive....
didn't go over to the scene till 9AM Saturday morning.....and was told there were people at the scene till 3AM in da morning
mi could see da chalk round outlines on da pavement close to the wall of Kaisers........
there was a small area of blood......der was undercover police officer der keeping lurkers at bay
talkie a bit with da officer but him was from Kingston and couldn't fill mi in on the incident...
later after mi left the Police Commissioner from Kingston arrived at the scene......

not to add to the rumor mill.....mi was told by reliable resident(s) that this is what happened....

(so as not to add further to the rumor mill, Marko, I edited your post removing this misinformation. I heard several "eyewitness" versions of the same story, which had different places, times and number of people involved. Please see my latest post below with the link to the current Observer article quoting the police - Rob)

......sad mon

that is what mi know.....and elaborated enuff about the incident........

wi had this happen this Summer......and mi neighbor Cess Brown a local was shot and killed last Summer....
as well as the Out of Town pastry owner was shot and killed the Summer before dat which many on here knew from buy patties etc from him.......

this past weekend the local authorities impounded a ton of scooters and motorcycles......dunno if it was related or not......
there is a push in Westmoreland on motorcycle safety here......wearing helmets etc.....

mi just hope in the future da tourists would not take on these idiots in an incident like this.....just give dem your money.....it only money

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Accompong]

but deep down we all know that these men didnt just pull up on a motor bike and say this is the person we are going to shoot today just because we can.

I am "me" and not part of "we". I don't know for sure that such a thing didn't happen. I am sad to see this happened but not that surprised either. We don't know all the facts and we never probably will.

Hard to be a tourist who vacations frequently in Negril and a homicide investigator at the same time. Relax and give the police a chance to solve this crime. Personal opinions and feelings don't add much to the investigation.

When facts are known, you can trust Rob or others who live in the area will post links where you can read the results for yourself.

[Rob]

Here is the latest, that includes the $2 million for information that leads to an arrest:

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...-visitor_63775

For those who dont want to click on the link, here is the section Capt was referring to as well as IrieOnline:

" Up to late yesterday afternoon detectives close to the probe were still nowhere closer to the motive behind the attack. The detectives say the tourists were not robbed.

“Absolutely no effort was made to rob them,” a senior investigator close to the probe told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Williams, who visited Palakai’s father Saturday afternoon, gave him a commitment that the police will do everything to bring the killers to justice."

[Irieonline]

My appologies for using the word we and including you in what i believe and have edited my post so as not to offend anyone or include them in what i believe. Cheerssss

[Jamerican71]

Here is the latest, that includes the $2 million for information that leads to an arrest:

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...-visitor_63775

For those who dont want to click on the link, here is the section Capt was referring to as well as IrieOnline:

" Up to late yesterday afternoon detectives close to the probe were still nowhere closer to the motive behind the attack. The detectives say the tourists were not robbed.

“Absolutely no effort was made to rob them,” a senior investigator close to the probe told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Williams, who visited Palakai’s father Saturday afternoon, gave him a commitment that the police will do everything to bring the killers to justice."

BUT if there was no attempted robbery, then doesn't this mean it was a random shooting?

I am no where close to even considering canceling my plans, but I totally understand those that do and will. My blood family, chosen family, friends and all of Jamaica will continue to suffer until big changes are made.