Police have identified the man who was shot and killed on Worthing Beach on Friday night as 52-year-old Andre Brian Parris.
Parris was identified by a relative as having no fixed place of abode and formerly of #9 Fairholme Gardens, Maxwell, Christ Church.
Police said the Operations Control Room received a report around 7:37 p.m. of gunshots being heard in the Worthing, Christ Church area.
Officers responded and found the lifeless body of a male lying on the beach. Medical assistance was summoned, and a doctor later visited the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Investigations into the fatal shooting are continuing.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information that may assist is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-8477, Police Emergency at 211, or the Hastings/Worthing Police Station at 430-7614 or 430-7615.