Nassau, Bahamas - Police are investigating a shooting incident that has left a man dead and another detained in hospital on Saturday 13th December 2014.

According to reports, around 1:30pm, two men were riding in a Honda vehicle on Soldier Road near Robinson Road, when two masked men armed with handguns in a gold coloured vehicle shot them multiple times before speeding off. The men were rushed to hospital in a private vehicle, where one of them was pronounced dead and the other remains in critical condition.

The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending a notification of the next of kin. However, police can confirm that the man who died was being electronically monitored and was recently released on bail for a serious indictable offence.

Investigations are ongoing.

Police are appealing to the general public for anyone with information that can assist the police with their investigations into this matter to contact them at telephone numbers 350-3107/8, 911/919 or call you nearest police station.