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Five persons were shot, two fatally, by gunmen along Rum Lane in the now crime-plagued Central Kingston area on Friday.
The deceased have been identified by residents as 25-year-old Ian Reid and 28-year-old Oshane Watson.
Preliminary reports are that about 1:40pm, persons were seated on a section of Rum Lane when a car was driven up and gunmen exited the vehicle and opened gunfire, hitting five persons.
The hoodlums then fled the scene in the waiting motorcar.
The wounded persons were taken to hospital, where Reid and Watson were pronounced dead.
A probe is ongoing into the latest killings to rock Central Kingston.
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