Tabby Diamond, lead singer for the legendary Jamaican Reggae Group, The Mighty Diamonds, has been killed.
He was one of two persons killed on Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting on McKinley Drive in St. Andrew.
The other victim of the shooting was Owen Beckford, a relative of Diamond.
The St. Andrew South Police confirmed that Tabby Diamond, aged 67, whose real name is Donald Shaw, and Owen Beckford were killed when a gunman opened fire on a group of people outside a shop around 9:42 p.m. Tuesday night.
In a statement to Loop News, Town Crier News Entertainment/Lifestyle, quoted St Andrew Police Division’s Senior Police Superintendent Kirk Ricketts as saying “a preliminary investigation indicated the shooting might be connected to an ongoing local gang conflict.”