One person has been killed in a shooting incident reported in the Wettumakada area of Kalutara, yesterday (28). A gunman in a car had opened fire at a person who was riding a motorcycle. The injured victim, who is a businessman, has succumbed to his injuries after being admitted to the Nagoda Teaching Hospital, Kalutara. Three Police teams have been deployed to conduct investigations into the shooting incident.

Meanwhile, the motor car suspected to have been used by the gunmen involved in the fatal shooting of the man in Wettumakada last morning has been discovered abandoned in the Nebada area of Tebuwana. The vehicle which was found near the Nebada Post Office had broken glass.

Police have discovered another vehicle, suspected to have been used by the gunmen involved in the fatal shooting reported in Kalutara South yesterday morning (28), abandoned in the Dodangoda area along the Matugama Road in Kalutara. The small white van was found last afternoon. The van in question is suspected to have been used by the gunmen prior to the shooting, and investigators believe the suspects may have later switched from the van to the car.