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Charged with wounding with intent, using a firearm to commit a felony and discharge of a firearm in... </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-disqus-comment-count"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/article/news/20241127/st-james-security-guard-charged-shooting-customer-during-confrontation#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/917897">Comments</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-lead-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20241127/manchester-woman-injured-hit-and-run-dies"><a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20241127/manchester-woman-injured-hit-and-run-dies"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo_blocks/public/media/article_images/2024/11/27/police.jpg?itok=RF900hh-" width="130" height="98" alt="" /></a></a></div> </div> <h2 class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline lead-item"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/article/news/20241127/manchester-woman-injured-hit-and-run-dies">Manchester woman injured in hit-and-run dies </a></div> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"> A Manchester woman who was injured in a hit-and-run last week has passed away in hospital. 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It is reported... </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-disqus-comment-count"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/article/news/20241127/manchester-woman-injured-hit-and-run-dies#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/917887">Comments</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-lead-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20241127/23-y-o-charged-robbing-elderly-man-bus-terminal"><a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20241127/23-y-o-charged-robbing-elderly-man-bus-terminal"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/sites/default/files/styles/promo_blocks/public/media/article_images/2024/11/27/arrest_2_cmc_0.jpg?itok=R82QRERi" width="130" height="98" alt="" /></a></a></div> </div> <h2 class="views-field views-field-field-short-headline lead-item"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/article/news/20241127/23-y-o-charged-robbing-elderly-man-bus-terminal">23-y-o charged for robbing elderly man at bus terminal </a></div> </h2> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"> A 23-year-old man has been charged for robbing a senior citizen who was awaiting public transportation at North Parade in downtown Kingston. 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