A 63-year-old businessman is dead after what the police say was a shootout with the police in Harbour View, Kingston, on Tuesday.
He is identified as Paul Andrew Thompson, otherwise called ‘Pablo’, of Richards Avenue, Kingston 6.
The police say that about 3:40 in the afternoon, Thompson got into a dispute with a 76-year-old businessman at Danny Marina, where the two men operated from a shared boatyard.
Thompson allegedly pulled a gun and shot the man in the chest and right hand. He was admitted to hospital in serious condition.
The police say while the lawmen were checking the premises, Thompson opened fire on them from inside a container, and they returned fire, hitting him. He was pronounced dead at the Kingston Public Hospital.
A nine-millimetre pistol with two live rounds was recovered.
A Rottweiler was also found at the premises with what appeared to be gunshot wounds.
The police say the injured businessman told witnesses that Thompson had shot his dog.
According to police records, Thompson had convictions in the United States for drug and firearm offences and was deported to Jamaica.
INDECOM is investigating.
