The coun­try's mur­der count now stands at 300, fol­low­ing the mur­der of a woman this morn­ing.

Po­lice say around 8:45 am Jill-Ann Jerome was walk­ing along Bush Street, South, Pe­tit Bourg when a lone gun­man re­port­ed­ly ap­proached and opened fire.

The gun­man es­caped.

Jerome, 47, was then found ly­ing in a pool of blood with a gun­shot wound to the head.

She was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex by San Juan po­lice of­fi­cers, where she was pro­nounced dead.

Po­lice say Jerome had a child with a well-known un­der­world fig­ure who is in prison.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.