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Superintendent of Police Ionie Ramsay (left) lays hands on Diana Kameka, the wife of slain Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gilbert Kameka, while his brother and other police officers surround them at the Area Four Headquarters, downtown Kingston, yesterday. Kameka, the ACP in charge of Area Four, was murdered in Irish Town, St. Andrew, on Thursday.

As she moved slowly down the steps of the building where the Police Area Four is headquartered on West Street, downtown Kingston, tears welled up in the eyes of Diana Kameka, the wife of slain Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gilbert Kameka.

Surrounded by family members and well wishers from the staff of Area Four, she tried to put on a brave face when The Gleaner asked her how she was coping with the death of her husband.

Her barely audible response was "It is really hard now, I can't talk."

Consolation

Earlier Mrs. Kameka and members of her family went to Area Four where they were received by acting Commissioner of Police Jevene Bent, senior police officers and the staff of the Area Four headquarters, where ACP Kameka was the head. A sea of tears flowed as they consoled each other in their time of grief.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP) Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford, head of the Flying Squad, described ACP Kameka as an officer and a gentleman. DCP Ford, who worked under ACP Kameka while stationed at the Constant Spring Police Station, told The Gleaner he was still reeling from the news of his colleague's death.

"Is a good boy and we a miss him and we a mourn him. ACP Kameka was a diligent officer and a people officer, who cared for the people under him. Me send out me love to the family," he said.

ACP Kameka was gunned down in Irish Town, St. Andrew, on Thursday afternoon.

Yesterday condolences continued to pour in for both ACP Kameka and Constable Valentino Chambers, who was also killed by gunmen on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston earlier Thursday morning.

Jamaicans For Justice, in a release, said it was troubled by yesterday's brutal killing of the policemen. It also said that it was time that all Jamaicans work honestly and hard to ensure the right choices are made.

The Police Civilian Oversight Authority also expressed its sorrow at the killing of the policemen.

"We share the feelings of pain and sorrow of all those close to them, and to whom they were examples of dignity, competence and dedication to the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Jamaican people," the statement read.

The Office of the Public Defender also added its voice, endorsing the appeal for any information leading to the arrest of the killers.