BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – ONE man is dead and three others injured, including a female, following a drive-by shooting shortly after mid-night (Feb. 28) in Lodge Village.
According to information reaching SKNVibes, the shooting incident took place outside of Lodge Community Centre when a car drove past and the occupants opened fire, killing 17-year-old Jervin Wilson and injuring his relative, Adrian Wilson (17), and Shred Scarborough (18) in the process, all of whom are from Ottley’s Village.
Wilson was pronounced dead on the scene by District Medical Officer Garfield Alexander.
Eyewitnesses claimed that in the gunmen’s bid to flee the scene, the car struck 18-year-old Anastasia Williams, who also resides in Ottley’s Village. This media house was unable to ascertain the extent of her injuries as well as those of the two young men who were shot. They were however transported to the Joseph N France General Hospital, where they are said to be in stable condition.
Eyewitnesses stated that on hearing the report of gunshots, many people on the roadway had sought cover behind all forms of available solid objects in the vicinity, as the indiscriminate shootings had also resulted in bullets striking a concrete wall and causing damage to a white pick-up that was parked in the area.
Wilson’s death has taken the total homicides committed in the Federation for the year to seven; three on Nevis and four on St. Kitts.
The first homicide occurred on New Year’s Day shortly after 6:00 a.m., when 26-year-old Keithon Stanley of Cole Hill was killed execution-style within a building in Craddock Road, Charlestown, Nevis.
Just one week later (Jan. 7), 23-year-old Kimoy ‘Pudding’ Powell of Bath Village, Nevis (originally from Irishtown, St. Kitts) was shot multiple times at Crosses Alley in Charlestown. He succumbed to his injuries at the Alexandra Hospital.
On St. Kitts, 32-year-old Maxwell ‘Mad Max’ Chumney was killed while in the yard of his of West Street, Newtown home on Wednesday, January 20. He was shot twice, and one of the bullet wounds was visible on the left side of his head.
On Tuesday (Feb. 9), 31-year-old Vincentian, Wesley Trimmingham, of Brown Hill was gunned down in Ramsbury within the vicinity of LEFCO Apartments. His death was followed by 30-year-old Damian ‘Nashi’ Isaac, who was shot multiple times to the body, including one to the back of the head, in an alley in Russell Village on Friday (Feb. 12).
The sixth homicide, which has been deemed highly controversial and is being thoroughly investigated on order of the Police Force’s High Command, is that of 29-year-old Nkoma ‘Koma’ Jacobs of Lower Monkey Hill, St. Peters. He was shot in the head during an alleged shootout with the police at approximately 10:40 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2010.
So far, no one has yet been held accountable for these homicides on both islands but investigations into all of them are ongoing.
