MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police have identified the two men killed in a drive-by shooting at a jerk centre and bar in Williamsfield, Manchester on Friday as brothers.

They are Mark McLean and his younger brother Kirk McLean.

A third man, who was shot and injured in the incident, has been identified as a worker on the US $188 million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000.

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A highly placed police source told OBSERVER ONLINE that the McLean brothers are from Cassava Piece in St Andrew.

Police theorise that the brothers were trailed from St Andrew to Manchester by gunmen.

A police report said shortly after midday the brothers and a woman were travelling in a Mercedes Benz motorcar when they stopped at a jerk centre and bar in Williamsfield.

When the brothers exited the vehicle, police say gunmen travelling in a motor car opened fire hitting them.

The highway worker who had gone to the jerk centre for lunch was shot during the melee.

The senior police source said Mark McLean had survived a contracted hit two years ago in Barbican, St Andrew.

Police theorise that both attacks are linked to the victims’ chequered past.

— Kasey Williams