KINGSTON, Jamaica – The vendor who was today shot dead in downtown Kingston has been identified.
He is 48 year old Osbourne Grant of a St Thomas address.
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The body of the vendor was found with gunshot wounds in the vicinity of Orange Street and Chancery Lane, Kingston.
People doing business in the area said that approximately 2:00pm they heard loud explosions and went to investigate.
Meanwhile the police remain tight-lipped about how Grant met his death but people Downtown Kingston allege he was shot and killed by a member of the security force.
“A police kill the man, the plainclothes police a run down a man who rob a chain, during the chase the police opened fire and the vendor get shot,” a man claiming to be an eyewitness said.
A senior member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force who was on the scene said the matter is being investigated.
Oh Lord have mercy :sorry