Two friends were shot dead hours apart in Laven­tille be­tween Sun­day night and yes­ter­day morn­ing, tak­ing the mur­der toll to 160.In the lat­est shoot­ing 20-year-old Dex­ter Aki­no Alexan­der was found dead by res­i­dents of Up­per Duke Street around 7 am yes­ter­day. Res­i­dents heard gun­shots and found Alexan­der, nick­named "Snoop", ly­ing at the side of the road with wounds to the head.Speak­ing with the me­dia at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, yes­ter­day, Alexan­der's sis­ter, Alana, said the last time she saw her broth­er was on Fri­day. She said her broth­er was no saint and was led astray by his friends.

She said he had re­cent­ly start­ed hang­ing out with Ker­ron "Cakes" Lewis, who was killed the night be­fore.Alexan­der's au­top­sy re­vealed he had been killed with a high-pow­ered ri­fle pre­vi­ous­ly un­seen by the pathol­o­gist and po­lice. Parts of his head and chest were blown away by the bul­let, the au­top­sy said.On Sun­day night, Homi­cide of­fi­cers were called out to Ham­let Street, St Barb's, af­ter re­ceiv­ing re­ports that Lewis's body had been found. Lewis, who lived at Vil­lage Coun­cil Street, Laven­tille, was found dead around 9.30 pm af­ter res­i­dents of St Barb's heard gun­shots.