Head of the Clarendon police, Senior Superintendent Glenford Miller says arrangements are in place for Rushane Barnett to be interviewed in relation to the murder of five people in Chapelton Clarendon, on Tuesday.

Barnett was listed as a person of interest in relation to the killings of a woman and her 4 children, all said to be his cousins.

He was held by the police in Wilson Run, Warsop, Trelawny, last evening (June 21).

SSP Miller said the police also found a weapon suspected to have been used in the murder.

SSP Miller is urging community members to help the police in their investigations.

He said the police are maintaining a presence in the Chapelton community.