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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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Man disarms, shoots cop then escapes from hospital jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ricardo Richards, 62, was working a shift Tuesday night at Ks Convenient Deli on E. Mount Eden Ave. near Jerome Ave. in Mount Eden when a revenge-minded synthetic marijuana dealer returned to the shop and fatally shot a store cashier after an earlier beef.