Cops hunt killers of their colleague

The Jamaica Constabulary Force is today mourning the fourth cop to be murdered across the island since the start of this year, even as detectives hunt two men who they want for questioning in connection with the latest killing.

The body of 52-year-old Sergeant Carlton Morrison was found by residents on Brunswick Avenue, St Catherine, at about 1 p.m. last Friday.

According to reports, Morrison was seen in the company of two men in the Spanish Town area last Thursday.

His 1997 Toyota Mark II motor car was later found abandoned along the Windsor Road on Friday with what appeared to be blood stains inside.

The search for Morrison was then intensified and culminated with his mutilated body being found on Friday. According to reports, the body, which was clad in a black sweat pants and white T-shirt, had multiple stab and chop wounds. No motive has yet been established for the killing.

Morrison was assigned to the Detention and Courts Division, where he was stationed at the Gun Court Remand Centre on Camp Road, Kingston 5.

The Police High Command has deployed members of the chaplaincy unit to provide counselling for the family and friends of the slain policeman, as well as a team of investigators to bring the killers to justice.