Cops call for calm after Jarrett Lane killings

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Cops call for calm after Jarrett Lane killings

Head of the Kingston Eastern Police Division, Superintendent Tommie Lee Chambers, and a group of stakeholders will be visiting Jarrett Lane today following the shooting deaths of two men and the injury of three others on Saturday night. The...

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