WALCOTT DONALD Brown, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the National Firearm and Drug Intelligence Centre, (NFDIC) was shot and injured by gunmen at his home in St. Andrew, police confirmed last night.
Brown was shot in both arms after he was accosted by two gunmen at his gate. Following the incident, the men made off with his .38 firearm, said Deputy Superintedent James Forbes in charge of the Constabulary Communications Network.
Brown's Department, Forbes confirmed, is conducting top-level investigations into the alleged wire-tapping of several high ranking policemen and politicians' phones. He pointed out, however, that the police cannot confirm if this had anything to do with the attack on ACP Brown's life.
According to Forbes at about 7:30 p.m. Brown arrived home and was accosted by the two gunmen who were waiting near his home in a motorcar.
The men, he said, pulled guns and ordered Brown not to move and the ACP pulled his firearm. During a struggle between Brown and the men, the ACP was shot in both arms and his firearm stolen by the men who drove off in the vehicle.
A police patrol rushed to the scene and carried Brown to hospital where he was treated by doctors and admitted for observations.
