A person was killed by gunfire at Hanwella last (18) night.
The victim, 48 and a father of three children, is a businessman who ran a hotel at Hanwella Crossing.
The shooting follows a series of events, where two people arrived at the hotel in a motorcycle at about 10 pm last night, and one person, who knocked on the door, asked for a cigarette, while the other barged in opening the door and shot the owner, who was at the counter at the time, four times on the chest.
The hotel owner who was injured by the shooting was admitted to Panadura Hospital but was already pronounced dead prior to being admitted.
Hanwella Police are conducting further investigations.
MIAP
