SOS Jamaica few cases: Patrick Genius Shot in the neck while his hands were raised Patrick Genius, a 33 year-old welder, stall-holder and father of three children, was fatally shot by the police in August Town, Kingston, on 13 December 1999. The circumstances of the shooting suggest that it amounted to an extrajudicial killing. Eye witnesses indicated that Patrick Genius was detained by several plain clothes police officers travelling in an unmarked police car as he rode his bicycle. Witnesses stated that Patrick Genius had his hands up in the air before he was shot at close range in the head.