KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police are pursuing strong leads in the fatal shooting of actor and recording artiste Brian-Todd Anthony Boucher, popularly known as Ras Ajai, as investigators probe whether the attack was connected to an ongoing gang feud involving one of his associates.

Observer Online understands that investigators are examining reports that a gang conflict in Waterford, Portmore in St Catherine, involving at least one associate of Boucher may have led to his killing.

Boucher was shot and killed by gunmen in the Waterford area of Portmore on Sunday night.