Police discuss the shooting while the Nissan Tiida that was seized is placed on a tow truck. The vehicle is believed to have been the getaway vehicle that was used by the gunmen, one of whom is seated on the ground, who took part in the murder of a policeman yesterday.

Four men have been taken into custody in relation to the shooting death of a policeman on Sunrise Crescent off Red Hill Road yesterday.

The corporal who has been identified as Alphonso Gossop, was killed about 4 p.m.

He was attached to the Protective Services Division. The STAR understands he was assigned to former Prime Minister Hugh Shearer, 25 years ago. Shearer's widow, Dr Denise Eldemire Shearer, speaking with The STAR from Trinidad, confirmed that the police corporal had been with her family since 1989.

It is reported the policeman was walking to his home in the Sunrise Crescent community in St Andrew when he was attacked. He was shot several times and his firearm taken.

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An alarm was raised and a police team responded.

It is reported that the team tracked the getaway car to Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, where it was intercepted.

Four men who were travelling in the vehicle were arrested.

The four suspects were reportedly intercepted in a White Nissan Tiida on Hagley Park Road.

It is reported that as the men were cornered, they reportedly flung a knapsack and a phone from the car.

The police have confirmed that they have recovered the bag.

Up to press time last night, further details about the incident were unavailable.

The killing of the police corporal follows the April attack on Detective Sergeant Courtney Simpson, who was also attached to the Protective Services Division. Simpson was ambushed and shot multiple times by gunmen as he entered his home in Harbour View, east Kingston. Simpson had served parliamentarians and government officials.