The Tribune

A VIOLENT disturbance at a business in Calabash Bay early Saturday spiralled into a shooting and stabbing that left two men hospitalised.

Shortly before 3am, officers were closing the establishment on Queen’s Highway when a large group of patrons began leaving and a fight broke out. The confrontation escalated into multiple altercations, and amid the chaos, an unidentified man was seen running toward a nearby hillside as a single gunshot rang out.

Moments later, a man reported that he had been stabbed. He suffered a wound to the upper right side of his back and was taken to a local clinic before being airlifted to New Providence for further treatment.

Police arrested two men, aged 27 and 23, in connection with causing harm and fighting.

Shortly after 4am, another man went to the Cargill Creek Police Station and reported that he had been shot by someone known to him at the same establishment. He later drove himself to a clinic, where officers observed a gunshot wound to his right leg. He was also airlifted to New Providence.

The condition of both men was not known up to press time.