Mo­ments af­ter shop­pers and vis­i­tors to Long Cir­cu­lar Mall, St James, rushed to safe­ty, af­ter gun­shots rang out around mid­day dur­ing an al­leged con­fronta­tion be­tween se­cu­ri­ty guards and an armed ban­dit, the dead man’s wife ar­rived at the scene and broke down in tears as she watched his body on the ground.

The woman’s wails filled the air, as mo­torists wound down their win­dows as they drove past, and cu­ri­ous spec­ta­tors gath­ered on the top-most lev­el of the car park to catch a glimpse of what was un­fold­ing.

The dead man was lat­er iden­ti­fied as Leke­mus Mur­phy, 34.