ST MARY, Jamaica —  The St Mary police are searching for two gunmen after an early morning home invasion in Baccaswood, Islington on Wednesday.

Police reports are that around 2:00 am, the door of a one-bedroom house of a 59-year-old painter was kicked in by a masked gunman brandishing a gun, who opened fire, hitting the painter in the hand.

The painter reportedly tried to escape when he was approached by a second masked gunman. The victim raised an alarm, and both attackers fled the scene. The police were called, and the injured man was taken to the hospital.