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Seven people were shot in the attack which took place at the entrance of the Mandeville market.
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Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell
By Nakinskie Robinson/Clinton McGregor
The police have released the names of the two victims killed in Friday morning's deadly attack in Mandeville, Manchester.
A total of seven people were shot in the incident which occurred sometime after 10 o'clock at entrance of the Mandeville market.
The deceased have been identified as 30-year-old Melissa Merchant, a practical nurse of Warrick district, and Andre Bradford, otherwise called 'Prenge Boy', a resident of Royal Flat district.
The other victims have been hospitalised.
Investigators reported that Mr. Bradford was the target of the gunmen and that the other victims were struck by stray bullets while he was being chased.
The shooting occurred amid a peace march organised by Albion Primary School to decry the recent spate of crime and violence in the parish.
Investigators have launched a manhunt for two suspects in connection with the attack.
Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell has condemned the attack.
Mayor Mitchell, who visited the victims at hospital, told Radio Jamaica News that he was part of the Peace March when he heard about the shooting.
He revealed that two of the wounded were treated and sent home, two have been sent for diagnostic tests, while one remains hospitalised.
Mayor Mitchell urged eyewitnesses to assist the police in finding the perpetrators.
"Whatever you know, speak because the next person might be you, because the young lady was just in the market doing her own business. One of the gentlemen was across the road in a syrup shop buying something else. And so it could have been anyone of us," he warned.
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