ST ANDREW, Jamaica – Angry residents of Olympic Road, St Andrew, barricaded themselves for a second day on Monday after 19-year-old Jaheim Morrison was allegedly killed by police and another teenager was seriously injured on Saturday night.

On Sunday, residents used rubble they set on fire to block the road.

According to local residents, at around 11 p.m., the young people were chased by police while riding a motorcycle on Woodpecker Boulevard. It was reported that the police used his vehicle to hit the youths on motorcycles before running over Morrison and crashing the service vehicle into the wall.

Residents of Olympic Road protested the claim that 19-year-old ‘TikToker’ was killed by the police.

It was stated that the condition of the other young man who was taken to the hospital was serious.

“They went for a refund but I don’t know why the police got involved with them because he has a license and was just buying the bike,” Morrison’s father said.

“They never had to deal with it this way, they could have dealt with it in a more professional way, but they just choose to take the lives of two young people this way,” he said, adding that the teenagers were shot before they were even shot. motorcycle.

While residents of the neighborhood protested the alleged murder of the 19-year-old ‘TikToker’ by the police, burnt debris blocked the road on Olympic Road.

Residents claim that the deceased was a quiet person and mostly spent his time on the video-sharing platform TikTok.

They said it was the second alleged police killing in the community in just over a year, following the shooting death of a man in May 2023. The Independent Commission of Inquiry launched an investigation into the incident.