Elgin Taylor, STAR Writer

The body of an unemployed man was discovered by residents in Herring Hill, Church Pen in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Monday April 7.

The man has been identified as Jerome Richards otherwise called 'Tat' of the same community.

The Old Harbour police report that about 1 a.m., residents heard explosions and later called the police.

On their arrival, Richards was found lying on his back with what appeared to be gunshot and knife wounds. He was later pronounced dead at the Spanish Town Hospital.