The dancehall singer Ras Ajai, known for acting in the recent Bob Marley film, He died on Saturday after an armed attack in the city of Portmore, parish of St. Catherine, in the southeast of the island and whose circumstances are being investigated.
According to police versions, the artist of 47 years, whose real name was Brian Boucher, was sitting on a stretch of Kendal Road, in an area of the Waterford sector known as "Third World", when he was approached by armed men who opened fire and shot him several times before fleeing the scene.
during the attack, in which at least six shots were fired, Another man was wounded by a gunshot wound to the hip and remains hospitalized in a care center..
“Ras Ajai had just arrived from abroad and said he was going to see his daughter; stopped at a bench in 'Third World’ and sat down to talk to the boys, showing them some videos on your phone. Then the shots rang out: Ras Ajai got one on the head; The young man who was there was unharmed., and another boy was shot in the hip“, said a witness to the incident, as stated Jamaica Observer.
Boucher played in the Marley biopic Claude Massop, a gang leader from west Kingston who was a close friend of Bob's and who was murdered in 1979 by the Police in controversial circumstances.
Recently Ras Ajai had completed a tour of 20 days in the United States with Sean Paul, since he has been part of the Dutty Rock team for more than six years and had been active since 2008.
Police investigate the case
While, The Jamaican police investigate the motivations for this crime that mourns the dancehall family and investigate whether the attack was related to a gang dispute in which someone close to the singer could be involved.
According to what was quoted by the aforementioned newspaper, The Police have ruled out for the moment that the deceased actor has been personally involved in violent crimes..
However, Detectives are investigating data that indicates that a dispute in Waterford involving one of his close friends -and is believed to have caused a recent homicide- could have been the reason for the attack.
At the moment there are no people arrested for this homicide.
