Police in St. Thomas, Clarendon and the Corporate Area have been kept busy investigating the murders of at least four persons between Monday night and Tuesday morning.

The Seaforth police are trying to determine who is behind the shooting up of a motorcade in the community on Monday.

Three men were shot, one fatally, on Navarre Lane in Seaforth, St. Thomas. Dead is Owen 'Birdie' Muir, 43, of Eleven Miles, St. Thomas, while injured are two men, age 34 and 45.

Police say about 5 p.m., the men were travelling in a motorcade when, on reaching a section of the roadway, the convoy was ambushed by gunmen who opened fire, hitting the three. They were taken to hospital where Muir died while undergoing treatment. The other two were admitted.

The Allman Town police are probing the murder of two men on Regent Street on Monday night.

Dead are Oniel 'Pargi Boy' Williams, 32, and Carey Hamilton, 27, both of Allman Town.

Three gunmen

Police say at 10:30 p.m., the two were among a group of men on Regent Street who were pounced upon by three gunmen. The gunmen shot the two before escaping in a waiting Toyota Corolla motor car. The men were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Meanwhile, the Chapelton police in Clarendon are probing the murder of a 55-year-old man along Dyer Lane in Four Paths on Monday night.

Dead is Lincoln Wright of Port Road, Chapelton. Police say at 10:30 p.m., Wright was walking along Dyer Lane with members of his family when he was accosted by gunmen who tried to rob him. During a struggle between him and one of the gunmen and he was shot. He was taken to the Chapelton Hospital where he was pronounced dead.