In the early hours of Friday, a violent confrontation unfolded at a roadside gas station near Draxhall in Jamaica’s St Ann parish, leaving a working security guard with gunshot wounds. According to local law enforcement and initial incident reports, the attack unfolded shortly after 4 a.m., when the guard, who was on patrol at the time, discovered a group of perpetrators attempting to break into and steal the station’s automated teller machine. Quick to act, the guard intervened to block the thieves’ plan, disrupting the criminal operation before it could be completed. Outnumbered and caught off guard, the defender was struck by gunfire fired by the fleeing suspects during the chaotic encounter. Emergency response teams were dispatched to the scene immediately after witnesses alerted authorities, and the injured guard was rushed to a nearby public hospital for urgent medical care. As of the latest update from local correspondent Akera Davis, the guard remains in treatment for his injuries, and law enforcement teams have launched an ongoing manhunt to track down and apprehend the perpetrators responsible for the shooting. No additional details about the guard’s condition or the number of suspects involved have been released to the public at this stage of the investigation.