15 year old charged for accidentally shooting 6 years old cousin, Westmoreland JA
The 15-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting his six-year-old cousin, Jadaine Miller, while playing with an illegal firearm Monday afternoon was handed over to police at the Freeport Station in Montego Bay, St James, for questioning late last evening.
Jardine was shot dead in a yard at Dalling Street, Harmony Town, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.
Police report that at about 2:30 pm on Monday, the six-year-old was among a group of children playing when an explosion was heard.
Jardine was subsequently discovered lying in a pool of blood, suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. He took to Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The youngster now in custody then fled the scene.
The teenager lives in the yard, where there are several other houses.
Speaking to journalists yesterday, deputy superintendent (DSP) in charge of operations at the Westmoreland Police Division, Adrian Hamilton, said that the parents of the six-year-old were cooperating with the police probe.
“Agents of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency have been informed and are actively on the ground with our Community Safety and Security Branch personnel, ” stated DSP Hamilton.
He added that 17 juveniles in Westmoreland had been charged for major crimes since the start of the year, including abduction, rape, grievous sexual assault, assault at common law, and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
“This tells us that there are coordinated approaches that are necessary to combat the scourge,” Hamilton said.
“Statements have been recorded, both parents of the victim have been interviewed,” he said.
“All the arrangements are in place for him to come in this evening,” Hamilton said yesterday.
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