A Va­len­cia man was shot dead yes­ter­day morn­ing by men who claimed they were po­lice of­fi­cers.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, 48-year-old De­von “GT” Cox­all of William Trace, St Al­bans, was at home when men knocked on his door and an­nounced they were po­lice around 12.50 am.

Cox­all stepped out­side to speak with the men who re­port­ed­ly told him to “come this way” be­fore open­ing fire.

The killers, who were all dressed in dark cloth­ing, then got in­to a dark ve­hi­cle and drove off.

In an un­re­lat­ed mur­der, a 26-year-old Diego Mar­tin man was killed yes­ter­day morn­ing while lim­ing near the neigh­bour­hood par­lour.

Po­lice re­port­ed that Hakim Archille of Dil­lon Street, Diego Mar­tin, was out­side “Not Just a Mi­ni Mart” along Fac­to­ry Road around 12.48 am when gun­shots rang out.

Po­lice said Archille was with oth­ers play­ing cards when three gun­men ap­proached and opened fire be­fore flee­ing.

While in­ves­ti­gat­ing the shoot­ing, of­fi­cers were in­formed that a 28-year-old woman, who was in the par­lour, was shot in her right thigh. She was tak­en to the St James Health Fa­cil­i­ty, where she re­mained in a sta­ble con­di­tion yes­ter­day.–Jensen La Vende