Relatives of the latest shooting victim want strong action by the authorities to deal with a spate of gun violence and get the illegal firearms off the streets.

This follows last night’s shooting of Kemo Sealy of Sargeant’s Street, St. John who suffered a shotgun blast to the chest and neck.

The police say that around 9 pm they received a telephone report that a man was shot and had collapsed on the road at Sargeant’s Street.

Responding officers learnt that a man was riding his motorcycle to his home when he was attacked by two armed men who shot him in his chest and neck.

The two men the fled the scene while the victim was transported to hospital in serious condition.

The injured man’s uncle Michael Sealy, tells Starcom Network News he was watching television when he heard the loud shotgun blast and that the attackers seem to have been waiting to ambush their victim.

Mr. Sealy believes that gun violence needs to be dealt with.

Michael Sealy, the uncle of shooting victim Kemo Sealy.