Curfew imposed in St Elizabeth amid threat of double murder reprisals

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police have imposed a 48-hour curfew on eight communities amid the threat of reprisals in relation to Saturday’s double murder in Luana. The communities of Hodges Land, Luana, Speculation, Cambridge, Spring Park, Brompton, Fyffes Pen and Crawford are under curfew as at 6:00 pm on Sunday, October 11, until 6:00 pm, on Tuesday, October 13. Head of the St Elizabeth police Superintendent Coleridge Minto said the threat of reprisal stems from the murder of one of two men in Saturday’s gun attack identified as Shadrick Watson, a resident of Hodges Land. READ: Double murder in St Elizabeth Police also theorised that Watson’s killing stemmed from another murder committed on August 22, 2025 in Hodges Land. “The intelligence is that persons aligned to [Watson] are planning reprisals and as such a curfew is now in effect,” said Minto. The boundaries of the curfew are: North- Along an imaginary line from the Hodges Land Basic School to the Luana to Sandy Ground Road and Central Road Intersection. East- Along Central Road and then an imaginary line from the Luana to Sandy Ground Road and Central Road Intersection to another cul-de-sac at Galleon Beach, Crawford District. South- Along an imaginary line from the cul-de-sac at Galleon Beach, Crawford District to Darlintober Church of God of Prophecy. West- Along an imaginary line from the Darlintober Church of God of Prophecy, back to the Hodges Land Basic School.