Autopsy finds Gleaner journalist Job Nelson was not shot

A post mortem report has revealed that late Gleaner sports journalist Job Nelson did not die from a bullet wound, the police have confirmed.

Instead, Nelson was mortally wounded by a metal object that was discharged with “immense force” from the car airbag after the vehicle he was driving crashed along Spanish Town Road in May, the post mortem found.

The metal object pierced his body, causing damage to Nelson's lungs and resulted in internal bleeding.

“The cause of death was given as penetrating wound to the chest caused by the metal object from the airbag,” said a police source, who did not want to be named because they were not authorised to discuss the case publicly.

The metal object was removed during the post mortem, which was conducted on Tuesday at the House of Tranquility Funeral Home.

Nelson died on May 21.

It was initially reported that he was shot while at a traffic light near St Andrew Technical High School.

- Livern Barrett

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