CHARLESTOWN, Nevis - THE Public Relations Office of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has provided details of yesterday’s (Jan. 11) shooting incident that left one man dead and another hospitalised.
Police gave the deceased name as 26-year-old Javon Grant of Maddens Estate and the hospitalised man as 45-year-old Javier Charles of Bath Village.
Preliminary investigations revealed that at about 4:00 p.m. yesterday, the two men were sitting in the vicinity of a bar in Bath Village when two armed, masked individuals approached and shot at them.
On being shot, Grant collapsed and Charles ran from the area while the two assailants fled the scene.
A private vehicle had transported the injured men to the Alexandra Hospital, where Grant was pronounced dead on arrival and Charles warded in a stable condition and is being treated for injuries to his neck.
The crime scene was processed by personnel from the Forensic Services Unit and several items of evidential value were taken into custody.
As investigations into this matter are ongoing, the police are urging persons with information, which could lead to the perpetrators being brought to justice, to contact the Charlestown Police Station by dialling 469-5391, the nearest police station or the Crime Hotline at 707.