Two people were killed in separate incidents in western Portland on Sunday.
In the first, a farmer was shot dead by gunmen in Ythanside district, Swift River in a home invasion. Dead is Donald McPherson.
Police reports are that McPherson was visiting his family when, about 4:45 am, armed men posing as police entered the home and shot him.
On the arrival of the police, McPherson was seen suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at hospital.
The incident has increased to seven, the number of people killed in Portland so far this year.
In the second incident, a man died after being mowed down in a hit-and-run on the Hart Hill main road.
Dead is 24-year-old Triston Ogare, a labourer of Guy’s Hill district in St Catherine.
Police reports are a passerby saw a body lying on the roadway about 5:50 am and alerted the police. Ogare was found lying face down with multiple lacerations.
The police are investigating both incidents.
