The police have identified the two men shot dead by alleged gunmen along Malvern Avenue in Kingston yesterday (March 3).

They are 24-year-old tiler, Ronald Murray and 26-year-old carpenter, Malcolm Lowe, both of Malvern Avenue.

A woman was shot and wounded during the incident.

Reports are that at about 10 am, armed men approached a group of people standing along a roadway in the community, and opened gunfire hitting three persons.

The police were called and all three wounded persons were taken to the hospital.

The two men were pronounced dead, while the woman has been admitted in stable condition.