Three men were killed by the police in Poor Man’s Corner, St. Thomas early Thursday morning.
The men were identified only by their aliases, Bobo, Corny, and Jiggz all of Denham Town addressed in West Kingston.
Preliminary reports suggest that the men were trying to break into a small liquor store when the police intervened.
One man was shot dead inside the building and two others were killed along the Grants Pen main road.
All three men were pronounced dead and taken to the morgue.
The police reportedly recovered a firearm with five live rounds.
The Independent Commission Of Investigations INDECOM has been contacted.
Security forces in Jamaica have long been accused of unlawful killings with almost 30 police killings being reported in the past 3 weeks, further pushing the need for the deployment of body-worn cameras.