ORLANDO Salmon otherwise called ‘Gunner’ of Prospect district, Westmoreland, was shot dead by gunmen and the house he was in set ablaze by his attackers this morning.

Police said that at 12:20 am, Salmon was at the house when gunmen kicked open a back door and entered. The gunmen immediately opened fire hitting him before setting the house ablaze.

Salmon ran from the house and collapsed in the yard where he died. The police and fire brigade were summoned and one unit from the Savanna-la-mar Fire Department extinguished the fire.