The St Catherine South police is searching for two men who yesterday shot and killed a woman said to be the mother of one of Barrington Levy's children.

The woman, Coleen Prince-Douglas, was said to have been shot while she slept at a house in Greater Portmore, St Catherine.

THE WEEKEND STAR was told by the police that Prince-Douglas, 41, had been lying on a sofa at the house at Pathway 37, Greater Portmore. It is said that two armed men reportedly entered the house and fired shots hitting her repeatedly.

It was reported the men ran from the scene and escaped in the area.

The St Catherine Major Investigation Task Force is probing the matter. The latest murder brings to 15 the number of murders in the division since the start of the year.