CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – POLICE on Nevis are currently investigating a shooting incident that occurred early this morning (Apr. 16) which resulted in the death of a young man from Bath Village.
Information reaching SKNVibes, which was confirmed by the police, states that 20-year-old Vincey Ferlance of Bath Village was shot and killed at about 3:00 a.m. today on Pinney’s Beach.
Details surrounding this incident are sketchy at this time but police have informed that members of the Violent Crime Unit are investigating.
SKNVibes however learned that the incident occurred at Lime Beach Bar, where a fundraising event was held for a young woman, and unconfirmed reports indicate that Ferlance was shot once to the back.
The law enforcement body is asking anyone who may have any information leading to the apprehension of the perpetrator(s) to contact the Charlestown Police Station at 469-5391, any police station or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477 (TIPS).
More on this incident as information becomes available.
Ferlance’s death has taken to10 the number of homicides committed in the Federation for the year; three on Nevis and seven on St. Kitts.
The first homicide was that of ex-Defence Force member Vancito Dore of Cayon who was killed in the Upper Cayon area at about 8:30 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 14), while the second victim was 24-year-old Hassan Evans of Pond’s Extension, who was shot multiple times on Upper Thibou Avenue at about 1:15 p.m. and shortly after succumbed to his injuries at the Joseph N France General Hospital on Sunday (Jan. 24).
Twenty-five-year-old Lanzelle O’Loughlin of Molineaux Village was the third victim. He was killed execution style shortly before 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 27) in the vicinity of Junie’s Shop in Mansion Village.
The fourth homicide victim was Wade ‘Grammy’ Phipps who was originally from Lower Cayon but was residing in Christ Church. He too was killed execution style at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 29) in the vicinity of the basketball court in Ottley’s.
The lifeless body of Asim ‘Sim’ Parris of Stoney Grove was discovered in Bath Village Cemetery on the morning of Saturday (Jan. 30). He was the fifth homicide victim, while the sixth was 28-year-old Devon Javid Percival-Payne, whose partly-decomposed body with bullet wounds was found on the morning of January 31 between some tall grasses about 33 yards off the main road that leads from Stapleton Village to Ogees Village.
The seventh homicide was that of Javier ‘Percy’ Caines, an employee of the St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services who resided in St. Paul’s Village. He was shot and killed while in a car in Sandy Point on Monday (Mar. 7).
The eighth homicide was that of 17-year-old Tyrique Duncan of Spooner’s Project, whose partly-decomposed bullet-riddled body was found on Thursday (Mar. 10) along a heavily-grassed dirt road in Hermitage Estate, Lower Cayon.
And the ninth victim was 39-year-old Mark 'Pressy' Williams, who was said to hail from St. Kitts but was residing in Cherry Gardens at the time of his demise. He was shot multiple times by a lone, masked gunman in Rawlins Village at about 7:47 p.m. on Friday (Mar. 11).
