Canadian killed on westend friday night.

[Marko]

mi will state the facts as mi know dem and what mi have observed regarding this incident......
mi friends with a couple police officers here and mi probably know more than most.......

Friday morning army troops went into Redground and detained quite a few people that are people of interest in this incident.......
mi have been told they do have the two guys that were on da motorcycle in custody with da roundup dem did in Redground.....
and they do have the phone back that was robbed from the Canadian......the phone had been unlocked after it was stolen...
the people that were involved with the phone stuff have been detained too.......

overall mi would say the authorities are doing a great job here.......the streets have never been safer.....trust mi on da one....

wi have a lot fewer bikes on da road.......and things on da road are a lot quieter these days

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Flipadelphia26]

Great news Marlo.

[Rob]

mi will state the facts as mi know dem and what mi have observed regarding this incident......
mi friends with a couple police officers here and mi probably know more than most.......

Friday morning army troops went into Redground and detained quite a few people that are people of interest in this incident.......
mi have been told they do have the two guys that were on da motorcycle in custody with da roundup dem did in Redground.....
and they do have the phone back that was robbed from the Canadian......the phone had been unlocked after it was stolen...
the people that were involved with the phone stuff have been detained too.......

overall mi would say the authorities are doing a great job here.......the streets have never been safer.....trust mi on da one....

wi have a lot fewer bikes on da road.......and things on da road are a lot quieter these days

Cool Runnings, Marko

Marko,

I am glad your personal opinion is that the police are doing a great job, but huh? I almost get the feeling that there is some contest for "who thinks they know the most" or "who posts what first". There isnt. You may know more cops than the average tourist that visits Negril, but there are those here that have known many more than you. Please stop posting what you heard, "mi have been told ", (rumors) and then passing them along as facts.

Unless you were with the army troops (called the Jamaican Defense Force or JDF by the way), then you have only heard things and have not observed anything at all regarding this statement. If you did not see the "phone" in question being taken by the police (JCF) or the JDF, the you have no observational facts. We have heard various stories going back to Monday claiming the police already had the phone in question.

We have heard numerous variations from the rumor mill regarding your "observations" during this past week, none we were able to be confirm. But that is not surprising as with any proper police investigation, they dont give out important information regarding the investigation to inquiring civilians. That would be irresponsible. Police world wide use many tactics, including misinformation to confuse the perpetrators.

It is a fact that some 600+ bikes are off the road and the authorities are doing a great job there. That has been reported in the news. But the rest of your "observations" are from what you have heard. That makes it rumor.

To all - I ask again to please stop spreading rumor and speculation. it serves no useful purpose and helps no one.

Let's keep it real folks.

[captaind & Linston]

If I posted every version I heard from my contacts (including several JPs) it would fill a book.

I just don't post hearsay

Cap

[Marko]

authorities in Kingston picked up one of the robbers dat were on the motorcycle this weekend in Kingston.....was just on the news.......everyone happy here in Negril....great news......yah mon

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Accompong]

authorities in Kingston picked up one of the robbers dat were on the motorcycle this weekend in Kingston.....was just on the news.......everyone happy here in Negril....great news......yah mon

Cool Runnings, Marko

Adding link to the newspaper article online.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/regio...-suspect_65094

Peace and Guidance

[Rob]

authorities in Kingston picked up one of the robbers dat were on the motorcycle this weekend in Kingston.....was just on the news.......everyone happy here in Negril....great news......yah mon

Cool Runnings, Marko

To clarify police information, according to the local press (Observer {linked above}, LoopNews and NewFeedOnline {both linked below}), the suspected shooter was caught in Westmoreland some time ago, not in Kingston over this past weekend. The police are not calling the suspect a robber, but the triggerman in this tragedy. There has not been an arrest, but the person being held is "strongly believed" to have committed this crime. This information was stated by the Head of the Westmoreland Police Division, Deputy Superintendent David White on Friday. It took the news sources time to confirm this news. I have not heard anything to the contrary from any other news source. These are the facts as they stand right now.

Here is the LoopNews link:

http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/s...tourist-negril

Here is the NewsFeedOnline link:

http://www.newsfeedzonline.com/local...ist-in-negril/

[Chrispy]

why is there trepidation by officials to call this a robbery gone bad? I think it is important to all future visitors to know the truth? which, as many have written, can happen anywhere. The goal is so it doesn't happen again. Knowledge is power and hopefully prevention in a case like this.

[SLP]

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/weste...-suspect_65094

[halfwaytree]

Perhaps there may be more to the story than an alleged robbery gone bad, thus the trepidation by officials to brand it as such.