Dwayne Mcleod, Staff Reporter

Six teenagers were shot, two fatally by gunmen on Salt Spring Road in St James on Saturday.

Dead are Neil McDermott 18, of Poinciana Drive, Rosemount, St James, and 17 year-old Trevorn Fisher of Salt Spring Road.

Those injured are two 16 year-old girls and two boys ages 17 and 19 all of St James addresses.

Reports are that about 11:30 p.m., the teenagers were among a group of persons on Salt Spring Road when a white Toyota Corolla motor car drove up.

Three men posing as police officers alighted from the vehicle and immediately open fire hitting the six teens. They were taken to hospital where McDermott and Fisher were pronounced dead and the others were admitted in a serious but stable condition.

Head of the St James police, Superintendent Steve McGregor, told THE STAR that the police are now working with residents of the community as they try to establish a motive for the attack.

According to McGregor, there is the need for some serious investigations as the community has been at peace for the past year and a half.

"I personally went on the scene and the residents are willing to work with us in our investigations ... The community has been at peace for quite some time now so an incident such as this calls for serious investigations, there has to be someone who saw something ... We will be looking to see if this was just a one off case or if there is more to it," DSP McGregor said.