Police and soldiers flooded Spanish Town, St Catherine, over the weekend, following a number of shootings that began on Thursday night and culminated in a brazen daylight attack on residents by men with high-powered weapons on Saturday.

The shootings, said to be caused by a recent flare-up between men from One Order and Clansman gangs in the Old Capital, resulted in Saturday night's death of Michael Morgan, 35, a higgler from Old Harbour Road, St Catherine. He died about 8:42 p.m. at the Spanish Town Hospital while undergoing treatment.

Police said it is not known what triggered the last round of clashes between gunmen from both gangs, but confirmed it began on Thursday night with the shooting of a One Order member in a community said to be a stronghold of the Clansman gang. Police also confirmed that infighting in the Clansman gang has also caused some of the shootings.

Shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday gunmen brazenly flooded Spanish Town, shooting at several residents, as people scampered for cover. this was when Morgan was shot.

Many people have expressed concerns about Spanish Town's likely return to a time when persons could not be seen in certain parts of the town. "I remember when people from one place would not make the mistake to go elsewhere, this would mean serious injuries or even death, " a businessman said.

"We are praying for peace at this time,that is what we are doing as we speak," Bishop Rowan Edwards of the Lighthouse Assembly Church said.