Tributes have been paid to Donnie McKinnon who was once killed in St Lucia (Image: Fb)

A British estate manager has been shot lifeless and his photographer friend left injured after masked gunmen opened hearth at a bar in St Lucia.

Donnie McKinnon was killed in the alleged assault in the the city of Soufriere yesterday afternoon. His loved one Peter Jackson, a 72-12 months-old photographer from Accrington, was once injured.

The victims – who each live in St Lucia – were on the balcony of Steve’s Bar on Marketplace Street whilst the masked gunmen approached and fired photographs, it has been claimed.

Peter Jackson, SEVENTY TWO, from Accrington, was once additionally injured in the attack (Image: Facebook)

Police on the scene where Mr McKinnon was once shot lifeless (Picture: St Lucia Instances)

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Scottish Mr McKinnon used to be the executive of the Soufriere Estate on the island, a 2,000 acre former working plantation.

Mr Jackson, from Lancashire, who has been residing at the Caribbean island for over 30 years, used to be injured in the alleged assault and brought to St. Jude Hospital.

He Is a smartly-known neighborhood activist and previous director of the Soufriere Regional Building Foundation. 

Each males are electorate of the island, with one individual telling St Lucia Times: ‘Everyone knew them. They have been neighborhood people. this is sad.’

A Foreign Place Of Work spokesman said: ‘we are urgently seeking more information from the government in St Lucia approximately an incident which came about the day before today.’

A spokesman from the native council stated: ‘The authorities are investigating a shooting incident which took place in Soufriere on Saturday afternoon which left one man useless and some other nursing injuries at the medical institution.’

A police spokesman stated: ‘we’re looking into this capturing which we have been referred to as to throughout the course of nowadays.

‘we’re speaking to people who were been present and should have seen something.

‘we will be able to depart no stone unturned as we look at this totally. we will be liberating an announcement shortly.’

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