Dozens of angry residents in Elgin Town, Hanover, this morning mounted roadblocks along the main road in the community to protest the shooting of a man by the police on Friday.

Roadblocks were erected along sections of the North Coast Highway, from Montego Bay through to Lucea and Negril, with residents using large stones, tree trunks, furniture and old tyres as barriers.

Residents claim that the 28-year-old man, who remains under police guard at the Falmouth Hospital, is no wrongdoer and accused the police of excessive force.

The police reported that shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday, they receive a report that a number of men were at a wake at a yard in the community, in breach of the nightly islandwide COVID-19 curfew.

According to the police, on their arrival, the accused was seen with a gun and he was approached.