Forty-nine year-old Everton Brown who is believed to be mentally challenged attacked and injured two lawmen

Forty-nine year-old Everton Brown who is believed to be mentally challenged attacked and injured two lawmen this afternoon on the Harding main road, Green Island in Hanover, was fatally shot.

Reports received from the Green Island Police are that about 2:30 p.m., a police officer was driving a service motor bike along the roadway when he was attacked by Brown who was armed with a piece of board. Brown used the board to fracture one of the lawman’s hand and when colleagues came to his assistance, Brown attacked them as well inflicting injuries to a second officer. During his assault on the officers he was shot. The injured were taken to the Noel Holmes Hospital where Brown died while being treated and the two officers treated and transferred to another hospital.