Police in Manchester are probing a double murder after a 24-year-old nursing student and a 21-year-old water delivery man were shot dead along Caledonia Road near Horse Shoe Corner in Mandeville on Saturday night.

The victims have been identified as Deneekia Pounall, 24, a nursing student of Heartease District, Mandeville, and Sadefa Henry, 21, a water delivery man of Marvel Close Top, Greenvale, Mandeville.

According to police reports, the pair was attacked by an unknown gunman at about 8:05 p.m. They were rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital, where they later died while undergoing treatment.