A 28-year-old labourer was shot dead on Barnett Street in Montego Bay as he sat in a car on Thursday afternoon.

He has been identified as Taul Wynter, otherwise called ‘Nathaniel,’ of Kayton Lane, Mount Salem in St James.

Reports are that about 5:05 pm, Wynter was a passenger in a motor car when a man approached him. It is alleged that the man opened gunfire, hitting him in the upper body. 

The police were alerted, and on arrival, Wynter was seen lying on the ground with gunshot wounds. He was assisted to the hospital, where death was confirmed.

The police are now investigating the incident.