Two women shot dead in Jamaica

(Jamaica Gleaner) Investigators from the St Catherine Major Investigation Task Force are probing the murder of two women in the parish.

Yvonne Smith-Waldron, 51, and her friend, 53-year-old Sheryl Desuza-Wright who were neighbours, of Melva Crescent Windsor Heights Central Village, St Catherine were killed last night.

It is reported that about 11 p.m. on Saturday, explosions were heard in the community.

The police were summoned and upon their arrival, the bodies of the two women were found with what appeared to be gunshot wounds.