A British man has been shot and killed in Jamaica in the second Brit this year to be killed in incidents on the Caribbean island.
Michael Brown from Waterford, Hertfordshire, was shot and killed while visiting relatives in Mike Town on the outskirts of Mandeville in Manchester early Thursday morning.
According to police reports, Brown - who went by the street name "Jimmy" - was killed at approximately 12:20am on Thursday in an unfinished house he was building in the community just four days after burying his 74-year-old mother.
The 48-year-old sustained gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A police report said that Brown was set upon by gunmen who opened fire on him as he entered the house he was building in the Caribbean isle.
It is alleged that Brown was involved in a family feud that escalated on Wednesday, over properties that were left behind by his recently deceased mother.
Investigators are said to be probing whether Brown was killed because of that.
A police spokesman said that they have begun investigating the murder of Brown who was from Hertfordshire, UK. " This is a despicable crime and we are looking at all lines on inquiries.
"This man was from England and came over to look after his new house which he was building and to visit family. From all accounts, he was a hard-working man. We intend to bring to justice those responsible." said the spokesman.
"We will catch those responsible."
A local resident said that there are lots of land and property disputes in Jamaica which sometimes end tragically.
She said: "This young man came over from England to bury his mother and to take care of the house he was building and he will be getting buried himself. That is so awful and sad.
"Coming all this way and you will not be returning. This can't be easy."
This is the second murder involving a British victim in Jamaica this year. Earlier this month Sean Patterson, 33, a personal trainer from Shepherd's Bush, West London, was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body and head in St James.
Jamaica Constabulary's deputy commissioner Fitz Bailey called it "a contract killing that emanated from Britain".
In a video statement, Bailey went on to say, Mr. Patterson, 33, had arrived in Jamaica on 29 December with another man who was also from London.
The pair had spent several days at an apartment before checking into the villa in Bogue Hill on New Year's Day.
Later that day, Mr. Patterson, and the man staying with him, met a third person from Kingston, and all three of them stayed at the guest house in separate rooms.
It was around noon the following day that Mr. Patterson and the Jamaican man went to the villa's pool deck, and a "lone man dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt" was seen firing shots, Mr. Bailey said.
