A 47-year-old man succumbed to gunshot wounds when an unidentified man opened fire at him at Sathosmathagama in Middeniya last night.
Police said the victim was on his way home from a relative's house when he was shot by the killer.
The seriously wounded man was pronounced dead after being admitted to the Thalawa Hospital.
The motive behind the shooting is hitherto unknown.
Daily Mirror