Bus driver shot dead after Chopping Cop in Spanish Town

A police man received serious injuries whilst a bus operator is dead after he attacked and chopped a police officer several times in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Wednesday.

According to reports the police man had approached the driver of a Toyota Coaster bus that was loading illegally along Burke Road and gave him instructions to move.

The driver, reportedly failed to comply with the officer’s instruction and an argument ensued between the uniform officer and the bus driver. During which the bus driver who has been identified as 24-year-old Alex Needham otherwise called ‘Lexi’m, attacked the police man chopping him several times almost severing the police man hand.

The attacker was shot and killed by another uniform personnel who saw what was happening and came to the assistance of his colleague.