BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – LESS than 12 hours after the shooting-death of Ricardo ‘Fila’ Pemberton of Old Road, residents of The Village in Basseterre are mourning the death of one of their sons.
Dead is 22-year-old Wendell ‘Dog’ Wilkinson of Cardin Avenue, who was shot this morning (July 8) in the vicinity of a shop in Union Street and succumbed to his injuries while undergoing emergency medical treatment at the JNF General Hospital.
On arrival at the scene, SKNVibes spoke to a number of people who, under the condition of anonymity, said that while Wilkinson was seated among a group of men, two young men – one dressed in black and the other in brown – came from an easterly direction along Union Street and slowly walked passed them.
One of the persons explained that the two men, “who seemed to be no older than 17 years”, suddenly turned back and fired four shots and Wilkinson got up and started to run through an alley west of the shop.
“The two men chased after him and fired four more shots. He then ran onto Jean Street, crossed St. Johnston Avenue and fell down near to a pear tree. None of us who were seated there knew the men; this morning is the first time we had seen them in The Village and they seemed unconcerned about their identity, because they were not wearing any masks.
“It also seemed as if they knew who they wanted because they didn’t fire shots at anybody else. And after shooting at him, they slowly walked east along Union Street and made their way out of The Village,” the person said.
In an effort to learn of Wilkinson’s condition, this media house visited the hospital and was told by a relative that he had succumbed to his injuries.
Wilkinson’s death has taken the number of homicides recorded in the twin-island Federation for the year to 19; 17 on St. Kitts and two on Nevis.
