Ricardo Richards
A Denham Town police officer was shot and injured by a prisoner who had been taken to the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew for medical treatment on Friday.
The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating the prisoner, Ricardo Richards aka 'Kaka'.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force sent out a tweet on its Twitter platform that said the prisoner "had disarmed the policeman of his firearm and shot him before escaping from the National Chest Hospital after he was taken there for treatment".
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