A police corporal has been charged with murder and shooting with intent in connection to an incident last year.
Corporal Deon Carr was offered bail in the sum of $500,000 with surety and reporting conditions when he appeared in St Catherine Parish Court on Wednesday.
The charges stem from the August 19, 2022 off-duty police fatal shooting of Tajay Smith and the shooting with intent of another man in Greendale, St Catherine.
Carr was was charged following an investigation by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and a ruling by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The matter was transferred to the Parish Court Division of the Gun Court held at Half-Way-Tree for mention on May 5, 2023.
