By MORGAN ADDERLEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
madderley@tribunemedia.net
A WOMAN was taken into police custody on New Year’s Day in connection with a viral video taken of what is believed to be her shooting a gun from a moving vehicle.
Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Superintendent Shanta Knowles confirmed the arrest yesterday.
In the 41-second long clip, the woman was seen firing a shot into the bushes from the passenger seat of a car.
Other people in the vehicle can be heard off-camera instructing her on her technique.
“Give me it, give me it, let me do it,” the woman can be heard saying as she reaches for the gun.
“Pull the head back,” a man says.
“Watch ya wrist, watch ya wrist,” another woman says. “Hold it tight, and watch ya wrist.”
Eventually the woman fires the gun.
Supt Knowles said yesterday: “Police have taken a 30-year-old female into custody, Tuesday, 1 January, 2019 in connection with the viral video of a female firing an illegal firearm from a vehicle. Investigations into this matter are ongoing.”
Police, however, did not confirm where the incident occurred.
Up to press time, the video had been shared over 1,000 times on Facebook, with many people expressing concern and outrage.
“No one knows how far a stray bullet travels before hitting an unknown target! This is how innocent people are killed,” one user commented.
Comments
Clamshell 5 years, 3 months ago
Another social media genius.
tell_it_like_it_is 5 years, 3 months ago
Isn't she already a movie star though? I believe the name of the film was
Dumb and Dumber!
truetruebahamian 5 years, 3 months ago
How did our people get better schooling than me in my day and turn out so stupid? Guns are stupid American Idiot things to show off and do nothing but cause hurt, pain for their victims and profit for the manufacturers. If you want to do something, get a shovel and trowel and build something solid and meaningful, play an instrument, learn to read and enjoy the offerings of brighter minds so that you can brighten your own, converse and learn to solve problems verbally. If not, make a decision to leave firearms entirely out of your reach if you think that they are the only instruments available to solve problems. That would be one problem solved with your understanding, willingness and participation. That's all I have to say on that today!
geostorm 5 years, 3 months ago
@truetruebahamian I approve your message!
TheMadHatter 5 years, 3 months ago
We've got MUCH bigger fish to fry. Leave this poor woman alone.
Watch how this "investigation" finishes LONG BEFORE the BPL fires investigation is completed. So much easier to bother simple ordinary citizens like this lady.
newcitizen 5 years, 3 months ago
You are what's wrong with this country. You think this is a poor woman being harassed and not a danger to society. Maybe when the bullet goes through you or one of your loved ones you will change your tune.
Clamshell 5 years, 3 months ago
A “simple ordinary citizen” wildly firing a gun from a moving car ... and you’re defending her? MadHatter, you often provide great comments here, but this time you are way off your rocker.
joeblow 5 years, 3 months ago
What goes up must come down. That bullet had to have landed somewhere!! What she did was stupid and reckless!
DDK 5 years, 3 months ago
Not to mention, ILLEGAL!!! The lot of them in the vehicle should be put away.
Sickened 5 years, 3 months ago
MadHatter are you insane!!! What an astonishingly ignorant message you are sending. Yes, we have big fish to fry but this woman seems to be in training for a drive-by shooting. To know there are people driving around with handguns and practicing shooting at things is TERRIFYING to me. Maybe this is common place for you???
TheMadHatter 5 years, 3 months ago
Just like i predicted....she got arrested already. BPL fires person/people? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?
DDK 5 years, 3 months ago
Are you truly mad today?
TheMadHatter 5 years, 3 months ago
Not really - i just dont like high power bills. Apparently most others on here do. Whatever. Ive ceased being surprised.
Clamshell 5 years, 3 months ago
You’re better than that, MadHatter. It is idiotic to compare your power bill to somebody wildly firing a pistol from a moving car. I KNOW you are not that stupid. Really.
John 5 years, 3 months ago
Under ordinary circumstances, police would’ve arrested everyone in the car. Obviously since she didn’t know how to fire the gun, it wasn’t hers and since they were giving her instructions... never mind.
B_I_D___ 5 years, 3 months ago
I guess she got what she wanted and now gets to see what the end result of the thug/gangster lifestyle offers. Enjoy your cell time!!
BahamaRed 5 years, 3 months ago
Maybe if we had legal gun ranges where people could go, they wouldn't be driving around shooting out the passenger window.
ijs
We need to get it together, guns are a part of the world. Maybe if we had more regulations and proper documentation people would be less likely to own illegal firearms, we would have a better idea of those who are in possession of firearms- because they would be registered to someone.
/but hey we like slackness around here.
tell_it_like_it_is 5 years, 3 months ago
Okaaayyy... so shooting a gun into bushes while driving (where there may be people) is happening because there aren't gun ranges here... this logic is mind boggling! SMH
PS- This legal firearm argument is what has been adopted in the US... and wow, look how great that has turned out for them??
The last thing we need is to adopt a "monkey see, monkey do" attitude with the USA when it comes to legalized firearms. I assure you that the answer to the gun problem is NOT to allow more legal guns. The US has found that out the hard way! Do the research... countries with less gun violence have far more gun control!
Chucky 5 years, 3 months ago
Monkey see monkey do would at worst be better than anything our people can or will ever come up with.
Besides, we need more guns, the more people killed. The less remain! Too many people in this world. Certainly too many on our islands.
We need a new plague to fix our country
Sickened 5 years, 3 months ago
That's certainly an argument to be discussed. Our economy certainly can't absorb 6,000 plus school kids looking for work each year - many of whom can't read or write.
bogart 5 years, 3 months ago
Ah yes.....but the 6000 that graduate....most are bilingual......speaking the only language in the world that Haitians understand....infinitismal benefit to the day when Haiti becones the Bahamas biggest trading partner replacing the US.....seems national strategic planning....
TheMadHatter 5 years, 3 months ago
Chucky has some good points.
SP 5 years, 3 months ago
Stupid does as stupid is without fail!
bogart 5 years, 3 months ago
STRAIGHT OFF DA BAT.....SHE SHOULDNT BE MIX UP CATEGORIZED WID NO ........SIMPLE ORDINARY CITIZENS.....Truth be told....they plenty hifalutin people who gets charged wid guns......Simple ordinary people too busy catchin hell calling it good times....2,500 laid off ...high unemployment....cupboards bare.....scrappin to make ends meet....much less wasting gas riding round doing foolishness....!!!! LISTEN UP....DIS WOMAN IN HER OWN CATEGORY...JUST PLAIN DUMB AN STUPID..!!!!!!.....hopefully nobody get hurt ...probably just scare the heck outta somebody relieving demselves behind da bushes.....
ThisIsOurs 5 years, 3 months ago
30??????? Isn't that a little old? And what are they practicing for in a moving car?
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