The 3 men fatally shot in an alleged armed confrontation with the police in St. Toolis Manchester yesterday, have been identified.

They are: 23-year-old, Byron McDonald otherwise called “Savage” a farmer of Cotterwood District, St. Elizabeth, a 17-year-old Rashed Johnson and 26-year-old Tishawn Porteous also a farmer, both of St. Toolis District.

According to the police, the men engaged them in an armed confrontation.

Reports are that at about 12:20 p.m. lawmen acting on intelligence went to a premises to execute a search warrant.

Police say a group of men exited the building with firearms.

It is further reported that the police accosted the men who allegedly engaged them in a shootout and gunfire was returned.

After the shooting subsided three men were seen with what appeared to be gunshot wounds.

They were pronounced dead at hospital.

A Shotgun and a Revolver were seized from the scene.

Residents protested following the fatal shooting.