The Waterford police in St Catherine are still awaiting a formal report after the house of entertainer Blak Ryno's father was shot up yesterday.

It was revealed that about 1:30 p.m. gunmen walked up to the house which is located on Cascade Road. They brandished guns and fired on the house, no one was at home when the incident occurred.

"The police awaits a report on the matter to start a formal investigation in the matter," an investigator told THE WEEKEND STAR.

angered by the incident

Ryno, whose real name is Romaine Anderson, on Thursday came out publicly with the announcement that he was leaving the Vybz Kartel lead Portmore Empire. Ryno had been a member of the Empire since 2007.

The deejay had contacted THE WEEKEND STAR to state that he was was longer in the crew.

Following yesterday's shooting incident, Kartel was quoted in a release from his publicist, Raine Martin, as saying that he was angered by the incident.

"I condemn today's (Thursday) shooting in Waterford, and I condemn any attack made on Blak Ryno," Kartel is quoted as saying. "Regardless of what transpires between the Portmore Empire and Blak Ryno, whether or not he is a part of the Empire, I will not tolerate any acts of violence against him. Anybody who does anything to Ryno has to answer to me."

- Rasbert Turner