BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – GUNPLAY continues in the Federation and the latest casualties are two young men from Sandy Point.
A police press release informs that at about 1:30 a.m. yesterday (July 28), officers stationed in Sandy Point met 16-year-old Steve ‘Duportee’ Adams and Lorenza Hendrickson, 20, at the Pogson Hospital after they were notified by staff members there that two persons were shot.
Both men were “being treated for gunshot injuries to the knee and thigh respectively”. They have since been transported to the Joseph N. France General Hospital where they have been warded in “stable condition”.
The authorities explain that the incident transpired while the men were in a friend’s backyard.
“Investigations revealed that both victims were in the backyard of a mutual friend at The Alley with other persons, when an armed assailant approached them and opened fire on them causing the injuries.”
Meanwhile, police are also making inquiries into an incident that occurred at The Alley in Sandy Point, during which a young man was stabbed.
“Investigations revealed that at about 9:40 pm on July 27th, 20-year-old Reice Warner of Farm Site was riding a bicycle westwards along the main road when he was attacked and stabbed in the back and leg by an armed assailant. He was taken to the Pogson Hospital where he was treated and later transferred to the JNF Hospital,” the police release stated.
The Sandy Point shooting incident took place just days after bus driver Javon Audin of Molineux was left nursing gunshot wounds following a robbery by three masked men on the island main road at Canada Estate, in the vicinity of Morgan Heights.
The police are yet to make arrests in these incidents, but they have informed that investigations are ongoing.
Police Press and Public Relations Officer Inspector Cromwell Henry has found it necessary to underscore the importance of solving crime and the significance of assistance from the public in achieving this goal.
“It is important for these types of crimes to be solved. The only way they can be solved is with evidence. So, for persons who have any information that might lead to evidence, it is important that you give it so that the persons who are perpetrating the crimes do not feel encouraged to commit other crimes, or that prospective criminals reconsider before committing crime. If criminals are comforted by the fact that citizens would not speak out and that they could get away with crime, they would be encouraged to commit crime and they will commit crime.”
It was on that note Henry implored persons with information on any crime, particularly the recent shootings, to contact the nearest police station.
“Anyone who has information on this attack on the bus driver is asked to call the Cayon Police Station at 465-7258. Persons are asked to remember that any information we receive would be treated with the strictest confidence.
“So we are asking citizens to do they part in the fight against crime by reporting whatever information they may have regardless of how insignificant they may think it is.”
