Four persons were shot, one fatally, during a drive-by shooting in the Mountain View community last night.

Up to press time, not much information was available, but THE STAR was told that sometime after 9 p.m., a group of persons were at an establishment at the intersection of Mountain View Avenue and Deanery Road when a car drove by and its occupants opened fire. Four persons were hit and one died on the spot.

Up to press time, investigators were still at the scene.

The area has been fairly calm in recent weeks, but back in March members of the security force had to be deployed there after the killing of two men, one of whom was reportedly an area leader.

Howard Patterson, also called 'Bobo', the alleged area leader of the Goodridge Lane community, off Mountain View Avenue and Troy Malcolm of a Jacques Road address, also off Mountain View Avenue, were killed in that incident.

According to reports, about 11:30 a.m. Patterson was shot and killed while at a shop at nearby Bygrave Avenue.

About an hour later, in what the police theorise to be an act of reprisal, Malcolm was shot and his house set ablaze by heavily armed men who invaded his community. He perished in the fire.

Following Malcolm's murder, heavily armed men challenged members of the security forces, who were in search of his killers, in a section of Goodridge Lane.