A 56-year-old man was shot dead by an alleged thug who reportedly robbed his common-law wife earlier in Alexandria district, St Ann, on Saturday night.

Dead is Wallace Johnson of Old Bethany district, Alexandria.

According to police reports, at 8:15 p.m., Johnson's common-law wife was on her way home when she was robbed by a man armed with a gun.

She told Johnson about the incident and he took a taxi to the location and confronted the alleged robber. During the confrontation, Johnson was shot in the abdomen. The police were called and he was taken to the St Ann's Bay hospital where he was pronounced dead.