Cops hunt alleged robbers after fatal shooting incident

The St. Ann police have launched a man-hunt for gunmen, who were involved in a shooting and robbery incident, at a villa in Runaway Bay, last night (July 5).

One man was arrested in connection with the incident.

Police say a Jamaican national, living overseas, was shot and killed.

Dead is thirty-six year-old, Gavin Campbell.

Reports from the St. Ann police are that about 9:30 p.m, a group of family members was having a reunion, when a gunmen approached the relatives and demanded money, cell phones, and jewellery.

Some of the family members resisted and during a tussle, Campbell was shot and killed.

Police say one of the alleged gunmen, who was seriously wounded during the incident, later turned up at hospital and was held by the police.

In the meantime, senior detectives from Kingston and Area Two Headquarters have joined their St. Ann colleagues, in probing the incident.