Detectives assigned to the St. Catherine North Police Division are probing the circumstances that led to the shooting death of a man and the wounding of another in Buxton District, Wakefield in the parish last night.

Dead is 27-year-old Randol Gallimore of the community.

Reports from the Linstead Police are that at about 10:35 P.M., Gallimore was at a business establishment when a motor vehicle drove up.

A gunman exited and opened fire, hitting him and another man.

The gunman escaped.

The police were summoned and on arrival, Gallimore and the other man were seen suffering from gunshot wounds.

They were transported to the hospital, where Gallimore was pronounced dead and the other man was admitted for treatment.