Were Police Tipped off About Mark Usher’s Death?

Gang activity is increasing in the Faber’s Road extension area. On Saturday night, Mark Usher was murdered, leading to more gunfire in retaliation. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed that the police had received warnings of a possible flare-up. However, Williams denied that the police knew Mark Usher was going to be targeted. Here’s what he had to say.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“No. I personally know of no information where Mark Usher was under any threat. I do heard, though, that there was some issue reported to the police in respect to the tensions in the Fabers Road extension area and LIU were notified of that issue. I know for a fact that the police were trying to find the different players whose name were called in the issue in that Fabers Road area, but the players upon  having knowledge of the police seeking them, they seems to have gone into hiding and so the police could not have located them. If had they located them, then they would have seen what could be done to, to have some intervention session between them, but they had went to hide from the police.”