An 8 year old boy is one of two people shot and killed in mountain view in Kingston on Sunday night.

They are 34 year old Joel Lemmanaus a construction worker and 8 year old DJ Dawes both of Burgher Gully in the area.

Police report that young DJ and Lemmanaus were among a group of people in the community around 10 P.M. when they were pounced upon by gunmen who opened gunfire hitting them.

The police were summoned and on their arrival Dj and Lemmanaus were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.