A half hour be­fore the dai­ly 9 pm cur­few was due to go in­to ef­fect on Fri­day, a Ch­agua­nas pro­pri­etor was gunned down in­side the par­lour he op­er­ates out of his home.

Sher­win "Mooky" James, 34, of En­ter­prise Street, was shot sev­er­al times about the body by an un­known as­sailant.

James's fa­ther, Clifton Ri­ley re­port­ed hear­ing loud ex­plo­sions com­ing from the par­lour and up­on check­ing, found his son ly­ing face down in a pool of blood on the floor.

Po­lice of­fi­cers re­trieved 15 9 mm spent shells at the scene.

No mo­tive has as yet been es­tab­lished for the killing.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.