nvestigators are probing reports that members of the Westmoreland-based Kings Valley gang were behind Thursday morning’s quadruple killing in Little London, in the parish.
A top level probe is now in progress.
Shavane Humes, 23, and his brothers 29 year-old Howard Humes and 33 year-old Paulton Humes, were killed when gunmen invaded their home in Masemure Meadows.
Keneisha Wilson, 25, was also killed in the attack.
A five year-old child who was in the house escaped injury.
A police source told RJR News that the gunmen were searching for a witness, who is a relative of the deceased.
Seven members of the Kings Valley gang were charged last month by the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC).
C-TOC has accused the gang of being involved in several murders, extortion and robberies in Westmoreland.
The gang is also linked to the lottery scam.
C-TOC revealed that it has identified 27 members of the criminal network and has launched a manhunt for the remaining members.
The seven members of the gang, who have been charged under the anti-gang legislation, are scheduled to appear before the Supreme Court on Friday for a bail hearing.
At a media briefing Thursday afternoon, Superintendent Gary McKenzie, head of the Westmoreland police, confirmed that gang members carried out Thursday morning’s killings, with the use of high powered weapons.
He said members of criminal gangs have been regrouping in quiet communities in the parish as they seek to escape the police radar.
Dr. Wykeham McNeill, the member of Parliament for the area, who visited the community Thursday afternoon, described the mood of the residents as sombre and lamented the ongoing gang warfare that has been plaguing the region.
While he noted that the security forces have been trying to get the situation under control, he said more needs to be done to stem to the violence.
In other news, Rameish Simpson, St. Thomas Don was killed last night. Good riddance. James Robertson couldn’t save this time around.
Man rescued by MP murdered in St Thomas
November 09, 2018
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Rameish Simpson
Rameish Simpson, the colourful Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) activist who was once rescued from police by member of parliament James Robertson, has been killed.
Simpson was shot and killed at his home in Logwood, St Thomas on Thursday night. His wife, who was also shot and injured, was rushed to the hospital.
It is reported that about 9 p.m. the Simpsons had just pulled up at their home when Rameish stepped out the vehicle to open the gate.
He was allegedly attacked and shot multiple times, killing him on the spot. His wife was later shot and injured after she ran from the vehicle.
The men reportedly set the vehicle on fire before fleeing the scene.
IN PHOTO: Rameish Simpson (right) and Richard Simpson sit in a police vehicle. They were arrested shortly after evading a police check point and driving into the sea in Grants Pen, St Thomas, on December 17.
Simpson came to national attention in 2009 after Robertson, member of parliament for West St Thomas and then minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, made the 45-minute journey from Kingston to St Thomas to rescue him from police.
Robertson said Simpson was targeted by the police because he had information about their involvement in serious crimes in St Thomas.
“I have no problem. I should be knighted. A man would be dead with lies told on him,” Robertson told The Gleaner at the time.
“It is with the police’s knowledge that I went out to save this man who was helping the police with an investigation (and who was almost killed).”
Following the incident, the MP was charged with using abusive language at a police team. The case was dropped after Robertson apologized to the police and the court for his action on the day of the incident and promised there would not be a reoccurrence.
Simpson again made local news in 2015 after he and his cousin were arrested and charged with the illegal possession of firearm and ammunition following reports from the police that they removed the items from a van which Rameish, in seeking to elude the police, drove into the sea.
The items were allegedly fished from the sea following what the police described as a high-speed chase, which ended with Rameish driving his vehicle into the sea in the vicinity of Grants Pen, St Thomas.
Both men were offered bail and had restrictions imposed on their movements.
In granting bail, Resident Magistrate Calise Wiltshire had said claims from the prosecution that Rameish was part of a criminal gang in St Thomas was not enough reason to deny bail.
http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20181109/man-rescued-mp-murdered-st-thomas
Don coming out of vehicle to open gate? dem type a man dey suppose to have remote gate, surveillance cameras etc….Well…him time came