The May Pen Police in Clarendon have commenced a probe into the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 21-year-old man in his house at Evans Avenue, Effortville in the parish yesterday.

Dead is Damion Beckford.

Reports received by the CCN are that about 4:30 a.m., Beckford was at home sleeping when seven men armed with guns kicked open the door to his house. The gunmen entered and shot him several times. He died on the spot.

The police were called, the crime scene processed and the body removed to the morgue. No motive has been established for the killing neither has any suspect(s) been identified