UPDATE: Police identify Manchester double murder victims
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Two men who were shot dead by gunmen at a bar on Manchester Road in Mandeville on Monday night have been identified.
Police named the deceased as Nicholas Tomlinson, 40, a truck driver of May Day district in Manchester and Chester Smith, 32, a labourer of May Day district in the parish.
A report said that about 8:45 pm, residents heard loud explosions, and the police were called to the area. Both men were found suffering from gunshot wounds.
They were pronounced dead at hospital.
This incident brings the number of people murdered in the parish within 24 hours to three. This follows the discovery of a man’s body on Monday morning on a haul road in the community of Brokenhurst.
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— Kasey Williams
