Three men were killed in St Andrew Jamaica on New Year’s Day, according to detectives from the Major Investigations Division.

They were killed when gunmen opened fire on a car that they were traveling in along the Cane River main road.

According to a statement from the Corporate Communications Unit, “about 9:15 pm, the men were traveling in a Toyota Starlett motorcar along the Cane River main road, when gunmen opened fire on the car, hitting all three men in the vehicle. The attackers escaped on foot in the area. The motorcar subsequently collided into a wall”.

According to information, the police were alerted and, on their arrival, the bodies were seen with multiple gunshots.

The deceased are 68-year-old mason, Isaac Ashton, and 39-year-old construction worker, Alrick Ashton, both of Taylor Land in Nine Miles, Bull Bay; and a man known only by his alias, ‘Narco’.