MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The murder of four men and wounding of two others in three incidents within 48 hours have resulted in police here tightening security at hotspots so as to prevent further bloodshed.

“There will be special measures within this particular space to ensure that people here remain safe,” Superintendent Carey Duncan told journalists during a walk-through of Green Street, near Cedar Grove, on Christmas Eve.

Duncan, who heads the Manchester police, said the measures are necessary to save lives.

“In this space, in particular the Green Street area and surrounding areas, and the May Day and Barnstable areas, it can’t be business as usual. Our intelligence is pointing us in the direction that other people may be impacted so we have to be very proactive in our approach in saving lives,” he said.

His comments followed four murders in three incidents spanning the Manchester Road, Cedar Grove, and Brokenhurst communities in the Mandeville policing area.

Head of the Manchester police, Superintendent Carey Duncan (second left) fields questions from journalists on Wednesday during a walk-through of Green Street in Manchester. Flanking him are (from left) Operations Officer Deputy Superintendent Luhas Daniels, Inspector Valdin Amos, and Inspector Romaine Brooks. (Photos: Kasey Williams)

Residents of Green Street expressed shock and worry over the last murder on Tuesday night at a shop. Businessman Jomo Trowers, 31, otherwise called Not Nice or Jemini, was shot dead while two men, ages 23 and 49, were wounded in the same incident.

“We gone to the dogs!” a woman on Green Street shouted during the walk-through.

Another concerned resident from Cedar Grove said strangers should not be welcomed in the area.

“We have to stop accepting most of the people who come into our community, and stop smiling with everybody we see. We have to take some steps to keep some people out of the community… He [Trowers] was a youth who was trying to change and make life,” he said.

Detectives return to the murder scene at Cedar Grove in Manchester on Wednesday.

“… It is so unfortunate to know that within three days we lost so many people who [are] close to us,” he added in reference to the other murders of May Day residents Chester Smith and Nicholas Tomlinson, who were gunned down at a bar on Manchester Road Monday night, and maintenance worker Everol Richards, 41, whose body was found on Haul Road in Brokenhurst with gunshot wounds on Monday morning.

The resident said Trowers’ shop was a booming “hang out spot” in the community.

“I could have been there also and I would have been caught up. This was an innocent person,” he said.

Murder victim Jomo Trowers, 31, otherwise called Not Nice or Jemini.