Three men were shot, two of them fatally, in Highgate, Westmoreland, last night.

Dead are 22-year-old Nicholas Warlock and 35-year-old Soniel Leslie of Highgate district in Westmoreland.

Reports from the Savana-la-mar police are that about 10:10 PM, Warlock, Leslie, and another man were inside a shop when they were pounced upon by a gunman who opened fire hitting them. The gunman escaped on foot.

The three wounded men were taken to the hospital where Warlock and Leslie were pronounced dead and the other man was admitted for treatment.