The security forces have launched a major manhunt to capture those responsible for the brutal attack by gunmen on four members of one Hanover family in Mount Pleasant, last night.

National Security Minister, Robert Montague made the announcement in Parliament this afternoon (June 13).

The family of two teens and their parents were shot dead, when gunmen kicked in the door to their one bedroom board dwelling some after 11 o’clock last night.

Dead are 60-year-old taxi operator Curtis Walters, his 34-year-old common law wife Erica Leslie, otherwise called ‘Caleesha,’ their son 16-year-old I-yana Walters and daughter 14-year-old Curtina Walters.

Robert Montague told parliament that the security forces will be doing all they can to restore law and order in the troubled areas of the parish.

And, Mr. Montague updated the parliament on the strategies to be undertaken by the police as they move to reduce the number of murders.

He says the ministry along with the security forces are actively devising strategies, to address the crime wave gripping the country over the last few weeks.

He says, there has been an increase in operations island-wide, but more so in the parishes of Hanover and Clarendon.

Mr. Montague is urging the cooperation of the public, as they police carry out their operations.