SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The shooting death in Jamaica of an 11-month-old in a police chase has prompted a review of the use of lethal force by law enforcement on that island, a government spokeswoman said Saturday.

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has ordered the island's police commissioner and attorney general to conduct the review after an infant was struck by a stray bullet on Thursday, said Leonie Hewitt of the state-owned Jamaica Information Service.

The infant was killed when police apparently shot into a taxi they were pursuing. Golding has apologized to the victim's family.

The prime minister also requested an update about the possible creation of an independent body to investigate alleged police abuses, Hewitt said.

The shooting led to protests in Spanish Town, where separately two people were shot to death at a health center by unidentified gunmen, she said.

More than 1,400 people were killed in Jamaica in 2007, including at least 19 police officers.

The island has a population of 2.8 million people.

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