Woman shot dead by police in Jamaica at protest over previous police shooting

Investigation launched as video circulates online showing officer firing at vehicle and colleagues dragging away body

Authorities in Jamaica have launched an investigation after CCTV footage of a woman's fatal shooting by police sent shock waves across the Caribbean nation.

Footage circulating on social media shows a police officer firing at a vehicle during a protest on Sunday in Granville, in Jamaica's north-western parish of St James. The bullet hit Latoya Bulgin, 45, who was behind the wheel of the vehicle.