One dead, another injured in Jackmans shooting

One man is dead and another injured following a shooting incident at Skeetes Road, Jackmans, St Michael, early Sunday morning.

The Barbados Police Service said Operations Control received a report of the incident at about 2:10 a.m.

Officers responded and discovered the lifeless body of a male lying between two motor vehicles in the vicinity of an event. A medical doctor later visited the scene and pronounced him dead.

Another male was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by private motor car.

Police are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has information that may assist to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1800-8477, Police Emergency at 211 or the District A Police Station at 430-7242 or 430-7246. (PR)