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Police are looking for a man who managed to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet after killing a mother and son on Sutton St, Kemp Road on Friday morning.

Keiron Brown shot the mother and son in the vicinity of a residence as the two were engaged in a conversation. Police believed the mother and son had an argument with Brown earlier in the morning before he returned shortly after 10 am firing gunshots at the two relatives, police said.

The son in his 30s died on the scene and the mother in her 50s was carried by private vehicle to the hospital where she died.

Brown whose address is unknown, was on bail for a previous murder and was being monitored by the ankle bracelet. At last indication, he was in the area of Eastern New Providence before he removed the ankle bracelet.

Police are appealing to the public to help locate Brown.

A shooting in Coopers Terrace, off Kemp Road has left a young man dead after witnesses reported that nearly 30 shots were fired from an AK-47 rifle at the victim.

The victim has been identified by friends as Alfred Bastian, aka Shotman.

What we know

• Around noon, ShotSpotter technology alerted police to the shooting in the area.
• The body of the man was found lying face down on the ground in a house.
• The victim was shot multiple times. Witnesses described it as ghastly; the victim was shot in the face.
• Emergency medical services pronounced him dead on the scene. He is the latest victim of murder in the country.
• Reports are that the man was with others, standing at the front of a residence when four men exited a vehicle and shot at the victim.

What is not known

• Police do not know the motive for the shooting.
• Police do not know if others sustained injuries as a result of the shooting.