A two-year-old boy, his father, and a family friend are dead, while the child’s mother remains hospitalised following a brazen daylight shooting in Belmont on Thursday morning.

TTT News understands that the incident unfolded around 8:35am when gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying toddler Akanni Kaffi, his parents, Akil and Antonia Kaffi, and family friend Anthony Wilson along St Francois Valley Road.

Akanni, his father, and Wilson were all killed at the scene, while his mother was rushed to hospital for treatment.