Two men are dead and others injured following two separate shooting incidents on Easter Monday.
In the first incident, police responded around 6:57 p.m. to reports of gunshots along Brownes Beach, St Michael.
Officers from the Hastings/Worthing Police Station discovered the unresponsive body of a man in the area of a business establishment. A medical doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.
In a second incident around 10:05 p.m., police at Oistins Station responded to a shooting at Oistins, Christ Church.
Initial investigations indicate that a group of persons were attending an event when a disturbance occurred and several gunshots were discharged.
Two men and a woman were injured.
One of the men was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by private motor car, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
He has since been identified as 22-year-old Raul Clarke of Gall Hill, Christ Church.
The other injured individuals were taken to hospital by ambulance and are receiving medical treatment.
Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477, Police Emergency at 211, or the Hastings/Worthing Police Station at 430-7608/7609, or the Oistins Police Station at 418-2612/2608.
All information will be treated as strictly confidential.
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