By Myesha Broadie and Patrice Walters

Three men were fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with police in Lucea, Hanover yesterday.

Dead are; 23-year-old Clive Lawson otherwise called ‘Oneil’of Mount Salem, in Montego Bay, St. James, 23-year-old Jason Brown otherwise called ‘Biggs’ and 29-year-old Nicholas Campbell otherwise called ‘Nico’ of Johnson Town, Lucea, in Hanover.

Operations Officer for Police Area 1, Superintendent Carlos Russell said at about 5:35pm, police conducting an operation along the Mosquito Cove Main Road signalled the driver of a motor vehicle to stop.

He said the driver complied and four occupants reportedly alighted from the vehicle and opened fire on the police.

He said Lawson was a known violence producer.

The incident has been reported to the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB) and the Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM.