Forty-two year-old Garrel Facey, otherwise called 'Tony', taxi operator of Flamstead district, Mavis Bank, St Andrew, was mobbed and stabbed to death by residents in the community on Saturday.

Reports are that about 3 a.m., Facey armed himself with a firearm and opened fire at a member of the community. He was chased by residents to a coffee farm in the area, disarmed and then stabbed to death.

The police were summoned and the scene processed; a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver serial number AAU63128 was handed over to them. The body was removed to the morgue for post-mortem.

The Constant Spring police are investigating.