Detectives assigned to the Central Police Station are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of 80-year-old Ranford Tucker, otherwise called ‘Dapper’, of Robert Street, Kingston who was killed at his home on Friday, January 15.

Reports are that about 8:10 p.m., Tucker was at his shop located in his home when a lone gunman entered and opened fire hitting him. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The police were summoned and the scene was processed.