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A 10-year-old boy was killed in a motor vehicle incident involving a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). The incident happened in the Vineyard Town community in St Andrew on Thursday morning. The child, identified as Shamarie Sharp of Central Avenue, was struck along 4th Avenue at about 7:20 a.m.  After being hit, Sharp was rushed to the hospital with multiple injuries, but despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead. By mid-morning, the JUTC confirmed that one of its buses was involved. In its statement, the company expressed deep remorse, saying it “deeply regret[s] this unfortunate incident” and extending…

Police have confirmed that one of the men in Wednesday’s alleged police confrontation was Salime Fitzgerald, who allegedly killed a police officer in December 2024. Fitzgerald goes by the alias “Smeagle” and resides on New Lincoln Road, Kingston 5. It is believed that Fitzgerald was the one whom the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Division had reportedly been trying to capture. According to the St Catherine South police, the other deceased men have been identified as 21-year-old Davian McLean of Cooreville Gardens, Kingston 20, and 20-year-old Paul Donaldson of Seaview Avenue, Kingston 13.  The three men were fatally shot along Mandela…

A teen was caught on fire during a motorcycle crash after running a red light. It happened when two local teens were riding their dirt bikes near a Target shopping centre in California. One of them, 16, ignored the traffic signal and collided with a car at the intersection. The impact was immediate and terrifying; his dirt bike erupted into flames, setting both the bike and the teen briefly on fire. The incident was caught on video, which quickly went viral after it was shared online. According to Salinas police, the crash took place on the evening of October 30.…

The three men killed in Wednesday’s shooting along the Nelson Mandela Highway in St Catherine are presumed to be suspects in a string of robberies, one of which was recorded on a CCTV camera. Footage of the robbery at a business establishment was released, showing three armed men exiting a black car in a parking lot and entering a building. Once inside, they carried out the robbery at gunpoint before fleeing in the vehicle.  Police identified the same vehicle as a black Honda Fit motorcar, but they did not confirm if the men in the video were the same men…

Three men were shot and killed by police during an alleged police confrontation. The incident unfolded late Wednesday morning along the Mandela Highway.  While the identities of the deceased have not been released, it is alleged that one of the men was being sought by police. According to sources, investigators had been searching for a man known as “Smeagle”, who they believe was involved in the shooting death of Corporal Christopher Smith at a Texaco gas station on December 6, 2024. It is said that the police conducted a planned operation on Wednesday that escalated into gunfire, leaving the three men dead…

Miss Universe Jamaica took a shocking fall off the stage on Wednesday in Thailand. The pageant contestant, Dr Gabrielle Henry, was strutting her stuff during the evening gown segment when she took a tumble. The preliminary competition came to an abrupt halt as emergency responders rushed onto the stage and carefully wheeled her away on a stretcher. The moment was especially jarring because Henry had been moving confidently across the stage, fully in her element, when she suddenly disappeared over the edge. A video of the incident shows her mid-stride in a sparkling gown before the unexpected drop. Many online…

A mother and her 9-year-old son were viciously beaten by a mob of children while walking home from school in Chicago. The attack happened Monday afternoon on the Far South Side, just blocks from a Chicago public school, where police say a group of children and teens approached the family. The mother, Corshawnda Hatter, was walking with her son and her daughter, but her daughter was excluded from the attack, which was caught on a viral video. Hatter attempted to shield her son and herself, but when the children continued to pummel her and her son, they got separated. Following the incident, the…

Police are reportedly eyeing singer D4vd as a suspect in the murder of Celeste Rivas, several weeks after she was found dead inside his car. While authorities have not officially confirmed this, TMZ sources reported that the current investigation is moving in that direction, though no formal documents label him as a suspect, according to the report. According to TMZ, the police are approaching the case as a homicide, even though the details of her death remain unclear. There are toxicology results pending, which will shed light on the cause of death. The timeline surrounding the singer has also raised…

A Jamaican TikToker Emiliahh, a man transitioning into a woman, reportedly leaked what she described as evidence of a romantic relationship with a man called Neymar. The revelation came through a leaked screen recording of a video call in which Neymar appeared to blow her a kiss, a moment Emiliahh said reflected the nature of their involvement. The transgender woman claimed they had more than a casual relationship. According to her, she supported Neymar for about a year and invested heavily in him, both emotionally and financially. She explained that despite believing they were in a relationship, she later discovered he was allegedly getting…

Twenty-four schoolgirls were abducted after two managed to escape when armed men stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in northwestern Nigeria. According to the school’s principal, Musa Rabi Magaji, one girl managed to slip away from the kidnappers after they took the girls from the school. The girl arrived home late Monday, hours after the pre-dawn raid. Another student had slipped away even earlier, managing to flee in the confusion at the campus before the gunmen took the others.  Both teenagers, wrapped in their hijabs and clearly shaken, could later be seen in a video surrounded by relatives and…