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Policewoman allegedly commits suicide in St Ann

Published:Friday | February 21, 2025 | 1:23 PM
The matter is under investigation.
The matter is under investigation.

The police are mourning the death of a policewoman who reportedly died by suicide this morning in St Ann.

Constable Alsiania Flynch of St Ann allegedly shot herself in the head.

Reports are that she visited the office of the Firearm Licensing Authority with her gun.

Upon returning to Hand to Mouth Street in the Exchange district of the parish, she turned the weapon on herself.

She was rushed to the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

The incident is being investigated.

- Rasbert Turner

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