Canadian deportee killed after four-hour shootout with police in Jamaica

A Canadian deportee known as Brownman fatally shot a street vendor in Mandeville, Manchester, on Tuesday, September 10, before engaging police and soldiers in a four-hour standoff that left the community shaken.

Police have identified the gunman as 54-year-old Alphonso Wilson, otherwise called Brownman. He was recently deported from Canada and was reportedly unemployed, living in an apartment complex on Caledonia Road.

The confrontation began after Wilson argued with a man over the cost of a tray of eggs. Investigators say he paid $1,000 but was told the price was $1,200. The disagreement escalated into insults and curse words before Wilson allegedly pulled a firearm and shot the vendor multiple times.

The man, who police identified as Adrian Bernard, reportedly drove a Toyota Corolla motor car along Caledonia Road after he was shot, before crashing into the back of a Toyota Prado. He was later pronounced dead at the Mandeville Regional Hospital.

Minutes later, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) surrounded Wilson’s apartment in an effort to arrest him. A video captured by a resident and widely shared on social media showed Wilson firing dozens of rounds from inside his residence.