HANOVER, Jamaica – Two men were shot, one fatally, after gunmen drove up on both sides of their car and sprayed the vehicle with bullets.

The incident occurred on the Shettlewood main road in Ramble, Hanover, after 43-year-old Dwayne Barnes from Shettlewood district in the parish, who had just appeared in court, was killed.

The injured man, who is from St James, has since been admitted to hospital.

It was reported that around midday, Barnes vacated the Hanover Parish Court at Ramble, where he appeared for the offences of no driver’s licence and making threats to the police.

It is understood that he was picked up by a friend in a white Nissan AD Wagon and left the premises.

Police say while driving along the main road, several men travelling in a Black Toyota Voxy and a White Toyota Axio pulled up beside the car in which the two were travelling and sprayed the vehicle with bullets.

Barnes died in the car while the injured man was removed by the police and assisted to hospital, where he was admitted in stable condition.

Lawmen have not listed a motive for the attack. The Ramble police are investigating.