Investigators have theorised that Thursdday’s triple shooting in Mandeville, Manchester was a reprisal for the killing of a woman in Broadleaf in the parish on Sunday.
Dead are 28 year old Phillip Knight, also known as Chase, and Andrew Thomas, alias Bankpuss. Both are from Comfort in Manchester. It is believed they were part of the lottery scam.
A third man is in critical condition following the shooting on Manchester Road in the vicinity of Church Teachers College. A fourth man who escaped injury is in police custody.
About 4:35 in the afternoon the men were leaving a food establishment. Two gunmen opened fire on them. The shooters escaped.
Rip Chase