One man was shot and killed by a licensed firearm holder in Rhoden Hall, Clarendon, on Sunday.

Dead is 40-year-old Bertley James, otherwise called 'Johnny', of Rhoden Hall in the parish.

Reports from the Crofts Hill police are that about 9:30 p.m., the licensed firearm holder was at home with his common-law wife when a man armed with a knife, was allegedly observed in a section of the house. An altercation developed between the licensed firearm holder and the man, during which the assailant was shot. The police were summoned and he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigations continue.