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Forty-six-year-old Ijah Thomas, otherwise called ‘Ister’, a fisherman and farmer of Bob Marley Beach in St Thomas was shot dead in his community on Monday.

Reports from the Yallahs police are that about 4:30pm, residents heard explosions coming from the direction of a shop on the beach and called them.

Upon the arrival of the lawmen, Thomas was seen slumped on a chair with gunshot wounds to his face.

He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The police said investigations continue.

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