The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (the Commission) is investigating the death of Thomas (Tommy) Jamison who was shot and killed on Thursday 8 March 1990 on the Castlecaulfield Road between Castlecaulfield and Donaghmore.
Tommy was a married father of three children. He was a lorry driver for Henry Brothers, Magherafelt, and a part-time sergeant in the UDR based at Magherafelt.
Mr Jamison was shot at approximately 4:55pm on 8 March 1990. The following sequence of events led up to the attack.
Between 3pm and 3:30pm, a number of masked gunmen entered the home of a family in the Donaghmore area. They remained at the house until a short time before the shooting. The men left the scene in the homeowners’ white Ford Sierra Estate, registration A224 FLL.
At around 4:45pm on the same day, masked gunmen entered the home of a family at Foygh Road, Donaghmore. The house overlooked the junction of Castlecaulfield to Donaghmore Road and Foygh Road.
Mr Jamison was driving a white Mercedes Benz cement mixer lorry, registration JIW 6712, along the Castlecaulfield to Donaghmore Road travelling in the direction of Donaghmore.
At approximately 4:55pm, as he approached the Castlecaulfield Road junction with Foygh Road, the gunmen opened fire on him from outside the house on Foygh Road. He was shot multiple times and died from his wounds at the scene.
The gunmen escaped at speed up the Foygh Road in the stolen white Ford Sierra and travelled along Gortnagola Road, abandoning the car on Kilnaslee Road.