PM Announces $2-Million Reward for Information On Teen’s Killers

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced a $2-million reward fund for information leading to the arrest of persons responsible for the killing of 14-year-old Terona Thomas.

Dr. Holness made the announcement during the commissioning ceremony for the Olympic Way JamaicaEye Monitoring Centre at the Olympic Gardens Police Station in St. Andrew on May 6.

The former Pembroke Hall High School student was among three people shot by gunmen along Hill Avenue off Olympic Way, in St. Andrew West Central on April 17.

She died while being treated at hospital.

The Prime Minister said he would be asking the Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, to top up the fund “so that there is a greater incentive [for persons to come forward] because somebody knows”.

“It is time that Jamaica stands up and be definitive. We must stand up and protest for the victims. That 14-year-old girl, shot in her head, was innocent,” he said.

“It could have been your daughter, walking to the shop but as I stand here today, we are going to find you,” he pledged.