The police are reporting that the cause of death of the 13-year-old boy on Milk River Road in Clarendon on Thursday, August 31 was not as previously reported in the media.
A spokesman for the police told the Jamaica Observer yesterday that young Kemaro Myles, who lives in Kitson Town, St Catherine, and his friends — two adults and another juvenile — were playing with a gun, passing it around, and the weapon accidentally went off, killing Myles.
It was previously reported that Myles was travelling in a motor truck along the Milk River main road about 10:30 pm when the driver stopped to urinate. At that time, gunmen reportedly pounced upon them and opened fire, hitting Myles in the head, killing him. The police were alerted and the boy was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The police source further stated that the two adults who were with Myles were taken into custody and questioned when the new situation of how the young man died came to the fore. The two adults will be charged shortly while the fate of the juvenile is being assessed in conjunction with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.