Two persons have been taken into custody in relation to a double murder in Cascade, Hanover, last Wednesday.

Dead are Tavares Stephens and 3-year-old Kamoill Williams, both of the community.

Kamoill and the other victim were among a group of people at a shop, when gunmen drove up and opened fire hitting them.

Speaking during a visit to the community on Saturday, Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifford Chambers said the two people were held.