A resident of Stoney Grove, Nevis, Sheldon Newton has become the latest victim of gun violence on the island

May 26, 2015 in National

CrimeSceneFilePhoto-1The incident took place on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at about 8:00 p.m.

The victim is said to have received gunshots to the chest and back.

He is currently a patient at the Alexandra Hospital, and is said to be in a stable condition.

Less than 24 hours after Sheldon Newton was hospitalized following a shooting incident in Nevis, another young man is nursing bullet wounds at the JNF Hospital in St. Kitts.

Reports indicate that shortly after 2:00 p.m. Monday, 20-year-old Jason Morton of Hermitage Village, Cayon was shot while in the National Bank’s automated teller machine (ATM) in the vicinity of TDC Home and Building Depot on the Frigate Bay Road.

It has been reported that Morton and a number of men were traveling in a vehicle along the Frigate Bay Road and the driver had stopped for him to withdraw some money from the ATM.

However, while at the ATM, a lone masked gunman approached and fired a number of shots hitting him in the region of his buttocks and one of his legs.

It has also been revealed that on seeing the gunman approaching, those who were in the vehicle disembarked and ran to safety.

A unit from the Emergency Medical Services quickly arrived at the scene and rushed Morton to the hospital, where he underwent surgery and is warded.