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Officials: Off-duty Jamaican police sergeant killed at party

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police in Jamaica say one of their sergeants was shot and killed while off duty outside a party.

Officials say 55-year-old Sgt. Neville Bryan was parked in his car with two females outside a party southwest of Kingston at about 2:30 a.m. Friday when two gunmen approached. They ordered the women to get out of the car and then shot Bryan several times in different areas of his body.

The police report issued Friday night says Bryan was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The females were unharmed and fled the scene.

Bryan was assigned to police department’s emergency communications centre.

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