Police are investigating three more murders that occurred yesterday.
These killings brought the murder count to 174 for the year so far.
In the first incident, two men were shot dead in Moruga. Police said around 5.30 pm Oma Gill and Brandon Seenath were sitting in the garage area at Simon Trace St Mary’s Village, Moruga when they were approached by two men armed with guns.
The men began shooting at Gill and Seenath, 33, who sustained multiple gunshot injuries about their bodies.
When officers arrived one of the men was slumped over a plastic chair and the other man lying on the ground. Several spent 5.56 shell casings were observed on the ground of the garage area.
In a separate incident, Andre Alexander, 46, was shot and killed at Hololo Mountain Road, Cascade yesterday evening.
Police said Alexander was last seen “liming” with several people outside his house when two men ran out of a black X Trail vehicle and fired several shots in his direction.
He died on the scene.
Investigations are ongoing.