Inspector Cupie Collier-Dobson of the Mobile Reserve Unit, consoles Nancy Dennis-Wright, wife of Constable Dexton Wright. - Norman Grindley photo
Glenroy Sinclair, Staff Reporter
NANCY DENNIS-WRIGHT, 38, buried her face in the bosom of Inspector Cupie Collier-Dobson and wept uncontrollably as she sat on a chair in the guardroom of the Spanish Town Police Station yesterday.
Her husband of 11 years, Constable Dexton Wright, was shot and killed yesterday morning in the Sydenham area of Spanish Town, St. Catherine. He became the sixth policeman to be killed by gunmen since January.
"He was my best friend," sobbed Mrs. Wright, as she hugged Inspector Collier Dobson tightly around the waist.
A father of four, Constable Wright was shot in the face. His killer(s) walked away without taking his service pistol or a cent of the thousands of dollars that was in his vehicle at the time. The other persons who were inside the vehicle with the policeman were left unmolested.
Formerly of Mobile Reserve, it is theorised that the constable could have been killed in a case of mistaken identity. Allegations are that the vehicle he was driving was usually driven by another man who was held up and robbed recently. That case is before the court at present.
Deputy Superintendent Jonathan Morrison of the Mobile Reserve, described the 42-year-old policeman as family-oriented.
"Last week we had a conversation and he was telling me how hard he had to work and make the sacrifice to send his four children to school," DSP Morrison told The Sunday Gleaner.
His children range from age 21, 19, 11 and 9.
The Spanish Town Police are yet to identify any suspect that may be linked to the killing.
The death of the policeman followed on the heels of an incident in which two policemen were shot and injured by gunmen in St. Ann on Friday, while a third has been reported missing in St. Catherine.
