Dancehall artiste David 'Mavado' Brooks was arrested and charged yesterday on two counts of shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm, stemming from an incident last year.
Brooks was arrested after he turned himself over to the Kingston and St Andrew Major Investigation Task Force at their downtown offices yesterday.
Head of the Major Investigation Task Force, Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green, said the artiste was formally charged after he was questioned by detectives.
"He voluntarily attended our offices and he was charged today (yesterday)," he said.
The police said the artiste was charged in relation to an incident on Mannings Hill Road on July 27, when two persons were shot. ACP Green, however, refused to go into details about the shooting or if it was linked to an ongoing feud in the Cassava Piece area which has had residents of the community cowering in fear. He added that the investigations were continuing into the incident.
Mavado has since been taken into custody and will appear in the Gun Court on Friday.
This is not the first time that the artiste has been arrested and charged.
In January last year he was arrested and charged with possession of ganja after he was caught with the contraband while the police were on a raid in Cassava Piece. And in 2006 the deejay was charged with two counts of wounding, assaulting police and resisting arrest after an altercation at the Constant Spring Police Station in which he was injured.
Dane said
09:57 03/27 2008
yeah,mi did a pree dis yesterday. man dem fi low di gangsta
DJ Miggs said
09:57 03/27 2008
them just a try fight out the man
RastaQKing said
09:57 03/27 2008
not sound so good fi Vado...
Shockwave Ent said
09:58 03/27 2008
ja know di man dem a fight me daddy star
up2 said
09:59 03/27 2008
yow d dj dem fi go ez rasta...same ting reach donia
ssugarlipss (Administrator) said
10:00 03/27 2008
minksta said
10:01 03/27 2008
Don't know what's wrong with these djs at all
RastaQKing said
10:08 03/27 2008
Soon deya haffi create a studio inna di jail.. Call it "Jail House Rock Studios".. fi all di artists dem dat find'n demselves inna jail.. but Busy sey - We nuh go a jail again - OH NO!!.. lol
blackspyda said
10:12 03/27 2008
dem try hold down mi artist hmmmmm
the doc said
10:13 03/27 2008
yo but di man just lef di UK!!
Rakeem said
10:17 03/27 2008
Jah know.. a whey di artiste get involve inna iyah..
Dj Moet said
10:22 03/27 2008
MI RATE VADO AND THING BUT A DEM f*kERY YA FUCCCK UP DI COUNTRY DI MAN IS LIKE A ROLE MODEL TO DI YOUTHS DEM AND HIM SHOULDA DO BETTER NOBADY NAW FIGHT HIM A HIM A FIGHT HIM SELF MAN DEM FI START ACT BETTER ELSE DEM AGO GET A JAH CURE MOMENT AND INNA JAIL A VOICE SONG MAN DEM FI COOL
linko said
10:24 03/27 2008
FREE UP MI SEH
Nemsi said
10:26 03/27 2008
wah unno fail fi undatsabd seh dem man yah a killer fi real dem a bsing de mlife or suh de mclaim
MasSicker said
10:29 03/27 2008
Mavado too talented fi mix up inna dem f**kery. Him fi leggo badness...
GANGSTA FI LIFE!