Footage Shows Moment Man was Fatally Shot by Police in St. Thomas: Mother Speaks Out!
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March 19, 2025
Franklyn Hyman of White Hall, St. Thomas, was shot and killed during a police operation Tuesday morning.
Footage was recorded at the scene of the shooting by a resident. Several armed police officers stood in front of Hyman’s house during the operation, with one seemingly entering the home after a woman was seen exiting in the video.
The woman who recorded the footage from what appears to be her home can be heard pleading with Hyman to come out of his house. Seemingly speaking to one of the officers, the woman then tells a man to make Hyman come out of the house, which prompts him to ask, “Fi Wah?”
A few moments after this exchange, gunshots are heard, and the video cuts to the officers removing Hyman’s body wrapped in a sheet. The woman in the recording also accused the officers of planting a gun at the scene of the shooting.
Following her son’s death, Shanna Johnson described her son as a hard-working young man while speaking with the Jamaica Observer. Johnson accused the police of visiting Hyman’s home last week and threatening his girlfriend.
“Dem come here last week Tuesday, search him, guh up a him yard, threaten him girlfriend seh fi guh home caw it nah guh pretty,” Johnson said.
She further shared that the police returned on Thursday and took Hyman away for questioning. According to Johnson, her son was detained by the Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) for five days and only released after she obtained an attorney.
Johnson went on to state that the police prevented her from going to his house after their arrival yesterday.
“Mi si when di jeep dem come up and reach, guh up di road. By time mi fi run guh up deh dem run mi back. By time mi dung here suh mi hear di shot dem. Dem kill mi pickney fi nutting. Nutting at all. Him nuh do nutting,” Johnson said.
Expressing that she needs justice for her son, The grieving mother also accused the police of previously threatening her son’s life before Tuesday’s shooting.
“Dem threaten him seh dem a guh kill him and dem come dis morning and kill him. Mi eye wata nah guh suh, dats all mi know. Mi eye wata nah guh suh. Mi can’t even believe seh him dead,” Johnson said.
Watch footage recorded at the scene of the shooting and Johnson’s interview below.
