Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin says he will not reverse his decision to scale down operations at the Exeter Police Station in Clarendon following last night's shooting at a wake in the area.

Residents have since renewed their calls for the return of the station which has been downgraded to a police post.

Speaking with our newsroom, Rear Admiral Lewin says the Exeter Police Station has been dilapidated, deplorable and unusable since the passage of Hurricane Dean last August.

He says he will not give any directive to upgrade the station and referred our news center to the Superintendent for security plans for the area.

In the meantime, when our newsroom contacted Superintendent Radcliff Lewis, Head of the Clarendon Police, he said the police there have been carrying out increased patrols in the area.

He says however, last night's incident was unfortunate as the patrol team was in another section of the community at the time of the shooting.

Superintendent Lewis was also quick to add that while the residents are calling for the refurbishing of the station, he will not go against the Commissioner's Directive. In the meantime the Clarendon police are this evening searching for a suspect in connection to last night's reprisal shooting at a wake in Banks in the parish.

Two persons have since been confirmed dead while five others are still at hospital nursing injuries.

Commander of the Clarendon Police, Superintendent Radcliffe Lewis says he would not reveal the name of the suspect but says the man is being actively sought by the police.

Superintendent Lewis says the police were not informed that the wake was related to a shooting in the community late last year.