The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) and the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau are probing the fatal shooting of a man during an alleged confrontation with police, in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, last evening.
Dead is thirty-four-year-old Owayne Allen, of Sydenham Cottage, in Spanish Town.
Reports are that about 7:35 p.m., lawmen were responding to reports of unlawful wounding, when a confrontation developed between Mr. Allen and the team.
Mr. Allen was fatally shot.
Police said a machete was seized during the incident.
Commissioner of Indecom Hugh Faulkner said a team has visited the community to carry out preliminary investigations.