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A man who police said was wanted for the July 12, 2022 murder of Tyrone Morgan, alias “Cookus,” was shot dead during a confrontation with police in Nain, St. Elizabeth on Sunday, October 23.
The deceased has been identified as 25-year-old Tuwaine Morrison, alias ‘Wasp’, of Steven Run, Nain in the parish.
Reports from Junction police are that around 3:00 p.m., law enforcement responded to a call for assistance for a domestic dispute in the community, where it was alleged that Morrison attacked his relatives with an unlicensed firearm and threatened to kill them. .
During the process of taking him into custody, he resisted the law enforcers and reportedly tried to disarm one of the lawmen.
In a video of the incident broadcast below, he was captured saying that the cops would have to kill him to get him, despite desperate and persistent pleas from people at the scene for him to cooperate with law enforcement.
Police said during the struggle, officers on the ground drew their weapons and Morrison was hit.
He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Both officers who were at the scene are said to be receiving treatment for multiple injuries they sustained during the fight, including a broken wrist and several bite wounds inflicted by the deceased.
The Independent Investigations Commission (INDECOM) and the Professional Standards Inspectorate and Oversight Bureau (BPRBM) are investigating the incident.
Police said Morrison had also previously been charged by St. Elizabeth police in connection with three robberies across the division.
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