Policemen walk along a gully bank on their way to the crime scene on Studio One Boulevard in St. Andrew where 38-year- old Mark Stewart was found dead, yesterday. Stewart's body was dumped in a gully in the area. Police records show that 173 persons have been murdered in Jamaica since January this year. Five were killed in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, early yesterday morning. - Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer

Hours before Carlton Brown was killed, execution style, in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, early yesterday morning, his 32-year-old son, Paul, implored him to leave the street and go home. He insisted, however, that it was too early to retire to bed.

Instead, the elder Brown went to a gambling house, an old wooden structure on Church Road, where a lone gunman surprised him and his friends, ordered them to lie face down, then killed them one by one.

The others killed were 45- year-old Neville Davis, Lloyd McPherson, 29, and two others, known only as 'Peter Red' and 'Maxie Money'.

This is the second time in under two years that gunmen have invaded the gambling house. Yesterday's incident occurred shortly after 1:00 a.m.

Attempt to escape

"Four died on the spot, while the other one attempted to escape. He ran a short distance then collapsed," said Deputy Superintendent of Police Meveral Smith.

The police believe that the killer was bent on revenge as days ago he threatened one of the men.

- Rasbert Turner