POLICE are investigating two separate shooting incidents that occurred on New Providence Monday leaving seven people in hospital.
In the first incident, shortly after midnight, a group of people were standing outside a night club on Kemp Road when the occupants of a pink Nissan March opened fire on them. Six people were injured and taken to hospital where they are listed in stable condition.
In the second incident, shortly before 1am, a man was sitting in his vehicle in the parking lot of a nightclub on Tonique Williams Darling Highway, when he was approached by a man armed with a firearm who shot him.
The victim drove himself to hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
Police are appealing to members of the public who may have information that can assist with these investigations to contact the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991/2, Crime stoppers at 328-TIPS (8477) or the nearest police station.
Comments
rawbahamian 5 years ago
These kind of shooting incidents is revenge individually or revenge on persons by association for doings untold and almost always carried out by gang members. Until we get some control of single parent breeding this is going to escalate disproportionately from the underlying problem of kids being raised by other kids(mothers), television, their peers etc. .
Godson 5 years ago
Rawbahamian and other fellow Citizens,
It is not merely about whether one is born of single parents or not. Overall we have fundamental breakdowns of what we once knew and held as our social order. There is no adequate response or justice when one goes in to the lawful authority to complain or take their grief before the courts. OFFICERS OF COURT, including police officers, ARE COMPROMISING PEOPLE'S CASES TO SUIT BRIBERS. Therefore, the unenlightened citizenry feels compelled to take matters into their own hands or pay others to retaliate on their behalf. I myself, wrote to the courts, in 2011, warning them of the compromises their officers were engaged in and the toll that it will take on law and order in our communities. But Bench don't think that they should listen to an ex-convict's advice or recommendations.
The members of the "gangs" feel a need to be part of a social order which which includes them. The government is not cultivating such a social environment. What ought to be accessible to the general citizenry of The Bahamas is kept for "family, friends and lovers". Note, Dame Anita Allen and others continue to live lavish life of the public purse after getting another appointment after the other. I guess this was done to match Dame Sawyer's appointment.
In the meantime, the wronged or disputing parties are left to take matters into their own hands.
The People of The Bahamas must flush out the total and entire political status quo if we are to transform our Country into a safe and productive jurisdiction.
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