A BRITISH man has been found dead with multiple gunshot wounds on a paradise island in the Caribbean.
Kenrelle O’Flaherty, 26, was visiting St Lucia when he was fatally shot in Garrand, Babonneau late on Tuesday evening.
Police responded to reports after a body was found on a road at around 10:50pm.
Apparent gunshot wounds were discovered on O’Flaherty, according to a statement from the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF).
He was later pronounced dead at the scene by emergency teams.
O’Flaherty, who had been living in Anguilla, is believed to have been on a trip to Saint Lucia at the time of the alleged attack.
He is originally from London.
Police have since launched a homicide investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
A police source said: “We are urging anyone with information to contact the major crimes unit.
“We would like to know who he was visiting and why was he in the area. We have very little information about the victim.
“All we know is that he was British and visiting from an island nearby. We need to get to the bottom of this immediately.”
The RSLPF is urging anyone with information to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 456-3754 or 456-3756, or to make an anonymous report through the Crime Hotline (555) or the RSLPF Crime Hotline App.
A second shooting also occurred just days earlier, according to local media.
On Sunday, a minibus driver was shot during an alleged robbery attempt in Morne Du Don around 9pm.
The victim remains in a critical condition in hospital.
It comes as a British baby boy tragically died after he fell off a bed on the first day of a family holiday to St Lucia, an inquest heard.
Tommy Taylor-Mclean was away on the Caribbean island with his parents when the horror unfolded in April.
