THIS JUST IN: Freedom Fm has just learnt of a drive by shooting in New Caste close to the Pottery at around midday.
A young man from New Castle, Taj Wilkin, was shot at and grazed. According to unofficial reports about 100 shots were fired at Wilkin.
Multiple sources say police have the road in the area blocked as police are looking for spent shells.
Violence continues to grip St. Kitts and Nevis which over the past six days, have seen two murders, a police shooting and an unknown person or persons pumping bullets into a vehicle.
Monday night (October 9th), a male national who returned home from Tortola, British Virgin Islands, to bury his mother on Wednesday, was stabbed to death by another brother during an altercation over property in the town of Cayon.
The dead brother, Mervin Flaherty, a pilot with the Tortola-based airline, Air Sunshine is murder victim number 20th.The brother, alleged to have inflicted the fatal wound, is Clive Sylvester Williams better known as “Rockers.” He is in Police custody.
Monday afternoon (October 9th), police during an operation in Church Ground, Nevis, discharged gunshots in an attempt to arrest a youth wanted by police. The man was injured and taken to the Alexandra Hospital in Charlestown. His condition is not known.
Sunday evening (8th October), a car was riddled with bullets by an unknown person or persons in the Pinneys Beach. Police have not released any information and it is unknown if the vehicle was occupied or unoccupied. Police have not issued a statement on this incident.
In the wee hours of Saturday morning (7th October), three armed masked men walked into Biggz Night Club and pumped bullets into 44-year-old Daniel Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, a West Farm resident, St. Kitts, died on the spot. He became the 19th murder victim.