KINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Andrew South police have launched a probe into the murder of 49-year-old Oneil Ricardo Mullings, a well-known jockey, who was shot and killed along Thompson View Avenue in St Andrew on Sunday evening.

Mullings, who is otherwise known as “Jockey” and was employed at Caymanas Park, was reportedly along Thompson View near a premises when he was approached by a gunman who opened fire, hitting him in the head.

The incident happened about 6:42 pm.

Mullings was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators have since named 37-year-old Samuel Brown, otherwise called “Shooter” or “Mark”, a labourer and mason of Four Forty Drive, Kingston 11, as a suspect in the case, along with his brother Shaun Brown, also of the same address.

According to the police, preliminary reports indicate that the deadly shooting may have resulted from a dispute earlier that day between Mullings and the suspect.

The police are urging anyone with information on the Browns’ whereabouts to contact the Hunts Bay police at 876-923-7111, Crime Stop at 311, the Jamaica Constabulary Force tip line at 811, or the nearest police station.