Since the start of the year, a total of 99 murders have been recorded throughout the parish of St James.
The latest victim to be killed has been identified as 27-year-old, Mark Reynolds, laborer of Buena Vista district, in Anchovy policing area.
Reports by the police are that about 1:00 pm, Reynolds was walking along the roadway in his community when he was ambushed and shot by two armed men.
The police were summoned, and upon arrival, the victim was transported to the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Anchovy and Montego Bay, Freeport police are now carrying out an investigation, into this latest murder.