The Manchester Police have launched a probe into the shooting death of a four-year-old girl in Landsettlement in the parish yesterday. 

The child has been identified as Saniyah O’brien.

Her father was wounded in the incident. 

Reports are that at about 4:20 P.M., the father and daughter were in a black Toyota voxy when it was fired upon by gunmen. 

The child and her father sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to hospital. 

The girl was pronounced dead on arrival and her father was admitted for treatment in serious condition.