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Six people in hospital after three separate shootings

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

SIX people, including three women, are recovering in hospital following three separate shooting incidents on Monday.

In the first incident, shortly after 4pm a man was walking through a dirt road off Peter Street when he was shot by an unknown assailant, police said. The man was taken to hospital by ambulance, where he remains in stable condition.

An hour later, police said a male and two females were sitting in a Honda on Lime Street in Pastel Gardens when a man with a handgun approached them and fired several shots before fleeing in a black, two-door Honda vehicle.

The victims were transported to hospital where they are listed in serious condition.

In the final incident, shortly after 10pm a man and a woman were inside their home on Quakoo Street when a man with a handgun fired several shots at them through a bedroom window before fleeing on foot, police said.

The victims were taken to hospital where they are listed in stable condition.

Anyone with information on any of these shootings is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.

Investigations continue.

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