Two people were shot and killed in Mount Carey, St. James this morning (September 12).

Dead are 55 -year-old carpenter Gilbert Jackson otherwise called “Gilly” and 64-year-old Henry Salmon otherwise called “gas man”, of York Bush in Anchovy, both in St. James.

Reports are that at about 8:50 a-m, residents discovered the men suffering from gunshot wounds and alerted the police.

The men were taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead.