A SNAP raid by the police in Tivoli Gardens yesterday morning had residents of the West Kingston community protesting angrily against what they said were false allegations by the police that they were responsible for Wednesday's triple murder at the Kingston Public Hospital and the nearby Madden's mortuary.
District Constable Oswald Thompson, 60, and prisoner Nakia Broderick, who the police say goes by the name Bunny Lee, also, were killed by gunmen on a ward at the KPH.
Some three hours later, one of Broderick's sisters, who had gone to the nearby Madden's Funeral Home to look at his body, was also killed by gunmen.
Nakia Broderick who was hospitalised on Monday with gunshot wounds, was registered in the name "Lee" but was officially identified yesterday by the Denham Town police as Broderick.
According to Lloyd Reid, a resident of Tivoli, Broderick and his family used to live there but left after January 6, 2000 when Reid's son, Ricardo, had an argument with Broderick's relatives during which he was shot and killed. Following Ricardo Reid's death, Broderick and relatives of his mother moved out of Tivoli Gardens, leaving only his father's relatives.
According to Reid, his life had been threatened several times by gunmen as the feud continued.
Following their departure from the community, there were sporadic shooting incidents in the Coronation Market and downtown Kingston areas, which have claimed the lives of several persons with other people being injured.
The situation worsened when Anthony McLeod, nicknamed "Mr. Wong", was gunned down in a reprisal killing in June last year.
Tivoli residents suggested that Nakia Broderick might have been killed by persons he had a conflict with in his Delacree Road community off Maxfield Avenue.
