SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Following the murder of two men and the injury of three other people in a shooting incident in North West St Elizabeth late Wednesday, the police have issued an appeal for a man identified as Omar Daley, otherwise called ‘Fireball’, to turn himself in.

“He (Omar Daley) is to report to us immediately. We believe he can assist us in this investigation,” Superintendent Lanford Salmon told the Jamaica Observer.

Police investigators believe Wednesday night’s shooting is the result of an ongoing feud among blood relatives dating back to 2008 when a member of the same extended family was killed. In fact, police investigators believe one of the murder victims, identified as Jason Daley, is the nephew of the alleged shooter.

Apart from Omar Daley, two others are said to be under investigation but they were not named by Salmon yesterday.

Reports are that at about 9:15 pm, a group of about eight people were playing dominoes at a shop in Bypass District, New Market when a gunman approached and opened fire.

The deceased were identified as Joseph Taylor, also known as ‘Kutchi’, a 24- year-old farmer of Bypass and Jason Daley, a 24-year-old farmer also of Bypass. Police say three others, a 50- year-old farmer who was shot in the right hand, a 23-year-old farmer with a gunshot to the neck and a 33-year-old woman, shot in her right shoulder, were admitted to hospital.

Police say the 50-year-old farmer was also shot in the hand in February 2014. They believe he was shot by the same man responsible for Wednesday night’s shooting.

Salmon yesterday urged residents of the New Market area to remain calm, while asking them to assist the police as much as possible with any information they may have. He urged residents to call police emergency numbers, the Black River Police Station as well as trusted police personnel — especially family members and friends.

“We are saying to the people to remain calm. We can understand that there will be fear and tension after an incident such as this, but please rely on the police,” said Salmon.

He pledged that “we (police) are not stopping until we catch and bring to trial those responsible for this terrible act”.