A moth­er got her worst night­mare on Wednesday when she saw the body of her mur­dered son cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia from her home in New York.

Christo­pher “John­nie” Kan­hai, a shop­keep­er was shot dead right at his par­lour at Chameleon Av­enue, in Phase 6, La Hor­quet­ta. An­oth­er man, po­lice said, was al­so shot and wound­ed.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred at about 2 pm.

The fa­ther of the mur­der vic­tim, Ter­rence Nanan, stood in shock as he looked at the life­less body of his son sprawled across the par­lour’s en­trance.

He said min­utes af­ter his son was killed a pho­to of his son’s body was post­ed on so­cial me­dia. This prompt­ed his wife to call him to ask if it was true.

While po­lice are yet to de­ter­mine a mo­tive for the killing, res­i­dents be­lieve that there was an on­go­ing turf war in the area where sense­less shoot­ings and mur­ders were tak­ing place.

The mur­der toll is now at 136.