Detectives from the St Andrew South Division have launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a woman and her daughter.

The women were killed at their yard on Dewdney Road, Olympic Gardens, Kingston 11.

The deceased have since been identified as fifty-two-year-old Ellia Pascoe and 32-year-old Notoya Pascoe.

Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about 11:00 am, both women were at home when they were approached by a lone gunman who opened gunfire hitting them.

The police were summoned and the women taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Investigations are ongoing.