Nagra Plunkett and Mark Beckford, Staff Reporters

Despite a quiet and slow local government election day, the guns continued to bark, as at least four Jamaicans were killed yesterday in St. James, Clarendon and St. Catherine.

In St. James an internal gang feud has been identified as the motive behind yesterday's killing of two women in the parish, who were gunned down less than 12 hours apart.

The dead women have been identified as 39-year-old Mauric Davis and Jenice Gordon, 21, both of Bottom Pen in Glendevon, St. James.

They are among four persons who were killed in the parish between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Eighteen-year-old Devon Gardener was shot to death by gunmen in Somerton on Tuesday. To date, 173 persons have been killed in St. James since January, five fewer than the total recorded in 2006.

The women are said to be mother and sister for two of St. James' prime crime figures - Anthony 'Bollo' Christie and former Stone Crusher leader, Rohan 'Don' Gordon.

Gordon was fatally shot in a confrontation with the police in the Hendon, Norwood, community back in May.

"This young lady killed here is the sister of Rohan Gordon, who was also a leader of one of the main gangs that operate here in St. James," said Supt. Steve McGregor, head of the St. James Police Division, who was at Jenice Gordon's murder scene.

Reprisal

"The police have theorised that this murder is reprisal to a murder that took place earlier this (yesterday) morning, where the mother of another gang leader was killed on the outskirts of the township."

Reports are that Davis was attacked about 1:45 a.m. as she stood at the intersection of North Gully and St. James Street in downtown Montego Bay. It is said that two men alighted from a motor car and opened fire at her, killing her on the spot.

Later, about 11:30 a.m., Jenice was watching television at home in Bottom Pen, Glendevon, when a group of men kicked open the door to the dwelling and fired a barrage of gunshots, killing her.

In Clarendon, a man in his early 50s was killed in Canaa yesterday. About 11:45 a.m., Winchester Benjamin was in a shop when he was attacked by two men armed with guns and knives.

A fight developed during which Benjamin was shot and stabbed several times. He was taken to the Spanish Town hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A body was also found by the police in the Hill Run community of Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

According to reports, persons saw the body floating in a canal and called the police. Further checks by the police revealed that both the hands and feet of the man were bound and a wound was seen on his body. The person is of a dark complexion, slim build and six feet two inches tall.