A British man has been shot dead at a villa in the St James parish of Jamaica.
Sean Patterson, 33, a personal trainer from west London, was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body and head at around midday on Monday in Bogue Hill, police said.
Jamaica constabulary force said officers from Montego Bay police had received reports Patterson was standing by the pool of the guest house where he was staying when witnesses heard “loud explosions”.
Patterson was taken to hospital but could not be revived. According to local media, a 34-year-old man has been taken into custody.
Reports said Patterson was approached by a man with a handgun who chased him and shot him several times while he was standing by the pool at the One Love Villa in Bogue Hill at about 11.45am.
The Gleaner reported that a friend of Patterson said he had arrived on the island on a Virgin flight from London on 29 December. The paper said he had spent three days at a popular apartment complex in Freeport, before booking in at the One Love Villa.
It reported that the 34-year-old suspect, who was said to be from Kingston, had allegedly been deported from England in 2013.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was “supporting the family of a British man who died in Jamaica and are in contact with the local authorities”.
