Residents in Barbary Hall here are currently staging several roadblocks on the Black River main road and other thoroughfare following the death on Wednesday of a prominent member of the community.
The residents have used trees and other debris to block the road as they claim that 48-year-old Victor Vassall was killed by the police.
However, the police are reporting Vassall had committed suicide.
The death is reportedly being investigated by the police and the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM).
Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that Vassall, a reputed drug dealer who had been on the police’s radar for years, was found in his vehicle in Junction in the parish. He is said to be a fisherman.
Meanwhile, the police are appealing to residents to desist from blocking the roads or committing any act of public disorder as the matter is being investigated.
More information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.
To be fair, it is the residents in Barbary Hall, which is about 10 – 15 miles from Black River, that are blocking the roads. Black River residents don’t block roads.
This is one of the reasons why I have a love/hate relationship wid Jamaica. At any moment your life and routine can be disrupted without warning.
Jamaica police dem a tief block the road yes the ppl dem love and respect daddy..Daddy would never kill himself because police a follow him and who a go kill dem self and give dem self 3 shots look at that..Dem kill him tek off him money and other things and leave him with wht ever dem wah leave him with..Daddy is a business man him have a license fire arm so him no illegal. PPL Love and respect daddy all over St Elizabeth so dem know daddy will never kill himself and himself .Daddy have bag a money even if dem lock him up him lawyer ready fi bail him out so there’s no way daddy would a kill himself ..Met the police dem a tief and lied and dem nah get away with this one trust mi.Same as how dem kill mi daddy a same way dem ago dead and even worse a that mi say ..
vassel didnt have a license firearm…. well he had one, and it was taken from him years ago by the police and his license revoked… anywz… mi kno him link stink stilz.. so idk why he would kill himself…..