The Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) has reported that several persons lost their life tragically on the weekend. Today's police blotter provides details on three of the deaths.

Residents of Hendon in Norwood, St James, are mourning the death of 67-year-old George Cummings, who was killed in a fire that destroyed the building, which housed his dwelling and grocery shop, yesterday morning.

Police reported that about 1:30 a.m., citizens heard explosions and discovered that the building was on fire.

An alarm was raised and one unit from the Montego Bay Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze.

The burnt remains of Cummings were later removed from the rubble and sent to the Forensic Lab.

Estimates of loss have not yet been ascertained and the building was not insured.

Delroy Donegal, 45, watchman, of a variety store in Watermount, St Catherine, was killed by gunmen at his workplace Saturday night.

Reports are about 9:00 p.m., Donegal was on duty at the store when two armed men approached him. They opened fire, killing him on spot.

The Spanish Town police are investigating.

The CCN also reported that one of two men who allegedly raped and robbed a female in Linstead, St Catherine, was fatally shot in a shoot-out with the police yesterday morning.

Dead is Delany Brown 25, otherwise called 'DMX', of Grove Road, Linstead.

It was reported that several 9-mm rounds of ammunition were seized in the aftermath of the shooting.