Soldier killed by his colleagues? Doctor suggests that slain JDF private was cut down by friendly fire

 BY KIMBERLEY HIBBERT Senior staff reporter hibbertk@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, November 15, 2020

POPULAR medical practitioner Dr Jephthah Ford is claiming that the bullet which killed 21-year-old Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Private Reneil King came from a weapon belonging to the JDF.

FORD... I'm satisfied that he most likely
 was shot by
 a member of the JDF

King was part of a joint police/military team deployed to a location on September 24, 2020 in Milk River, Clarendon on a narcotics operation, where 2,900 pounds of marijuana and a boat were seized. It was reported that while conducting a search the team came under fire from gunmen, and during the firefight Private King was shot and injured.

At the time the JDF reported that the joint team provided first aid to King before he was airlifted to May Pen Hospital and subsequently to University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) where he succumbed to his injuries.

However, Dr Ford, who said he was asked by Private King's family for assistance, is challenging some aspects of the JDF's report. more