POLICE  are now on patrol in sections of Gravel Heights, St Catherine, where gunmen last night killed one man and fire bombed two houses.

"At about 7:00 pm, a group of men with high powered weapons launched an attack in a section of the community firing several shots. Thirty-four-year-old Tyrone Patten was killed during the attack," said a cop who acted as spokesperson for the police team on the ground.

The cop said it was during the attack that the criminals set the houses ablaze.

Residents this morning said they were living in fear.

"We are not too sure what caused this attack but we are in fear, we don't know who could be next," said a woman from the community.