Mother Demands Justice After Son Fatally Shot in Alleged Police Incident in Nannyville

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tensions are high in Nannyville Gardens after a pre-dawn police operation left a 27-year-old man dead inside his home on Monday. His mother, Rosemarie Walker, is calling for justice and says she plans to take the matter to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM).

Walker told Mckoy’s News that around 3:00 a.m., her daughter heard knocking at the back door, claiming it sounded like police. When Walker opened the door, she said she was met by armed officers.

“I said, ‘What’s the problem?’ Them come. I said, ‘You have a warrant to search?’ They said yes, but they never give me no warrant,” Walker recounted.

She alleged that the police entered the house and went straight to the room of her son, Nicardo Lewis, who was with his baby. According to Walker, officers took the infant from Lewis, handed the child to a man she described as her boyfriend, and then shot Lewis.

Walker also claimed that another son, who ran to the bathroom, was threatened by police, who allegedly placed a gun in his hand and fired a shot.

“My son is not a gunman. My son live inside here with his one-year-old baby and they take the baby out of my son hand and murder my child. I need justice for my son,” Walker said, visibly shaken.

The police have confirmed an incident occurred in Nannyville and say investigations are ongoing, but they have not yet released the identity of the deceased.

INDECOM is expected to launch an independent probe as the community calls for answers about the circumstances surrounding Lewis’s death.