A MAN died in hospital of his wounds early on Sunday after reportedly being shot in the Union Village area on Friday night.
A family member confirmed to The Tribune on Sunday night that Antoine Pierre Arty, aka “TP”, was pronounced dead around 1am.
The 34-year-old was believed to be have been shot multiple times about the body.
When contacted by The Tribune on Sunday night, head of the Central Detective Unit Chief Superintendant Clayton Fernander confirmed the man’s death.
Last Monday, the 27-year-old son of National Congress of Trade Unions of the Bahamas President John Pinder was shot multiple times and killed while playing video games in his Hillside Park home after a gunman or gunmen opened fire through a window. He has been identified as John Pinder Jr.
On Friday, police said two people were taken into custody in connection with Pinder’s homicide. Formal charges are expected to be pressed on Monday.
The homicide total for the year now stands at 70, according to The Tribune’s records.
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John 7 years, 7 months ago
Despite the recent spate of crime that involved shootings and stabbings that resulted in murder, there is a very strong probability (based on the statistics for the past three months) that the country can record under 90 murders this year. The summer is usually the active season for murders and September and October are slow months. What should not be allowed to happen is these "hit' murders to become prominent again. Murders where someone is in their car or at home, even in their bed and they are assassinated under the cover of night or even in broad daylight and there is very little evidence left to track down the killer(s). Police and citizens alike must continue to be vigilant and persons who know of these crimes must report them, if only for the sake of country. The reputation for murder is killing our economy. The courts must continue to do their jobs sending murderers away for as long sentences as the law allows until the message hits home that no murder will go unpunished. The very severe downturn in the economy has led to an increase in armed robberies, car-jackings, house and shop breakins and even fraud and shoplifting, even by parents shopping with their children for back-to-school. In the main time, while there is lull in murders, the police homicide division may want to revisit unsolved murders and cold cases with hopes of bringing those killers to justice. The key is to not let up and not let the problem get to what it was, especially like last year and the past 10 years.
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