(CMR) A man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl and abducting a two-year-old boy in St Ann, Jamaica, last week, was chopped to death by residents.
Police had reportedly been searching for 36-year-old Orando Coward, after he was accused of raping the girl last Thursday. However, efforts to find him were unsuccessful.
On Friday, about 7:20 am, Coward allegedly armed himself with a shotgun and a home-made handgun and went to the home of a woman. Reports are that he smashed the window, entered the house and held onto the woman’s eight-year-old daughter.
According to the Jamaica Observer, police said the mother fought off Coward and took her daughter. However, he grabbed her two-year-old son and ran away with him.
A manhunt was launched and the toddler was found alive. After 9 am the same day Coward returned to the house and held several people at gunpoint.
He reportedly fled after residents confronted him and inflicted several chop wounds to his upper body.
He was later found unresponsive in a stream. Police were alerted and he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The police said a shotgun and a home-made handgun were taken from the scene.
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