At least 19 persons were killed in St Catherine in just two days as incidents of sporadic violence continued.

In the latest incidents, four men playing dominoes were shot, three fatally, in a drive-by shooting at McCooks Pen, Old Harbour, yesterday.

Police said about 10:30 a.m., the men were at a bar when three men in a white Nissan motor car opened fire and sped off. Dwayne Murray, 27, Robert 'Bob' Sankie and Peter McBean, 40, all of the community, were shot dead.

A fourth man was admitted to hospital.

In Spanish Town, a three-month-old baby girl was burnt to death after thugs firebombed a premises on March Pen Road in the wee hours of the morning.

The child's mother and another sibling were hospitalised in serious condition.

Reports said men went into the community and firebombed a number of houses. Errol Miller, 53, Alvin Miller, 55, and Denniston Pitter, 56, all of March Pen Road were also killed in the incident.

Residents of Corletts and March Pen roads fled to safer surroundings following the attacks on Monday.

In Portmore, the St Catherine South police said about 4 a.m. Emmanuel Hazel, 38, Olga Harris, 44, and Karen Hutchinson, 35, were among four persons who were travelling in a Toyota Hiace through Newlands when they were reportedly attacked by gunmen. The three were killed and the fourth person escaped.

Also, an eight-year-old boy was among three persons killed along the Salt Pond Road. There were other reported murders in the parish.