A man was shot dead and a woman and child wounded on Lesser Little Lane in Central Village in St. Catherine, last evening (October 28).

Dead is 32-year-old Dean Sharpe of Seaview Gardens, Kingston.

Reports are that about 6:30 p–m, Sharpe was at a cook shop when he was pounced upon by a gunman who opened fire hitting him.

The woman and a 5-year-old child who were in the area were also wounded.

All 3 wounded persons were taken to hospital, where Sharpe was pronounced dead and the woman and child admitted.