Second weekend in a row to see series of bloodshed Police press conference today to provide updates on recent murders NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Five men were killed in three days following a series of shootings over another bloody weekend, according to police. The latest incident, which claimed the lives of two men, occurred shortly after […]
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NO MOTIVES; NO ARRESTS: Acting COP pleads with public to assist with solving recent murders
Fernander says retaliation from recent killing prevented after police received information Police tout success in recent murder investigations as several men placed before courts for murder NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Police are still seeking the public’s help in solving two murders that occurred last week, said Acting Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander on Monday. During a […]
MAN DOWN: On duty officer shot at LPIA while assisting with bank deposit
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A police was shot while on duty at the Linden Pindling International Airport as he attempted to assist a business in making a bank deposit drop, according to reports. Police said the officer was approached by a gunman who shot him before making his escape shortly after 5pm. A video of the […]
FISHING TRIP GONE WRONG: One dead; one missing; one survivor
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — One man is dead and another is missing after the fishing boat they were on sunk in waters off western New Providence shortly after 3pm yesterday. Initial information indicated three men were out fishing when the engines of their boat failed and the vessel began taking on water. The men reportedly attempted […]
Two men found dead in separate incidents
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man believed to be in his 50s was found dead in a warehouse behind a liquor store off First Street, Coconut Grove, late Monday night. Details remained sketchy up to press time, but police officials said the discovery was made around 11pm. The victim’s identity has not been officially released, but […]
Five murders over Independence holiday weekend
COP reveals several men to be arraigned for high-profile murders 25 -year-old man to be charged for December 3, 2018, killings of George Deveaux & Ashley Hilton at Sandilands and the June 29, 2019 murder of Ian Porter aka Irey and Raymond Adderley NASSAU, BAHAMAS — After a long holiday weekend, police have reported a […]
PROGRESS ON MURDERS: Five people of interest identified in Jerome Avenue massacre
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Five people of interest have been identified who are believed to be able to assist police in the ongoing investigation into the Jerome Avenue massacre, revealed Assistant Commissioner of Police Solomon Cash yesterday. On April 15, six men were shot dead and a woman and a two-year-old child were injured in a mass […]
TOO MANY SHOTS TO COUNT: Mother says 25-year-old son left home minutes before being killed
Expectant father was released from prison in February NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Family members of 25-year-old Stervante Moss, who was shot and killed yesterday, were inconsolable at the bloody scene near his Polhemus Street home off Nassau Street. Police said officers responded to reports of gunshots heard in the area and found the body of a […]
“AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION”: Community mourns 55-year-old man shot and killed by police
Relative: He wasn’t homeless; police shot him in his home Community members say incident stemmed from an accident and could have been avoided NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Relatives of Kirkland Wilson, the 55-year-old man who was gunned down by police on Saturday after a reported exchange of gunfire with officers, are still trying to put together […]
Man shot and killed by police after assault on elderly woman and shotgun attack
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man was shot and killed by police today after he reportedly assaulted an elderly woman at the Farmer’s Market on Blue Hill Road, South, in the Sunshine Park area. Police said the man also produced a shotgun and shot a man who was part of a group of people who responded […]
WEEKEND KILLINGS: Three dead, seven shot and injured in separate incidents
Two shootings in under 24 hours; officials unclear if incidents connected Police say bullet-riddled body found in Fox Hill not a police-involved matter NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The body of a man believed to be in his mid-20s to early 30s was found on a vacant property off of Grant Street, Fox Hill, shortly after 7am […]
GB police officer found dead in suspected suicide
GRAND BAHAMA, BAHAMAS — Authorities were yesterday investigating the death of a police officer who was found in his vehicle in the Deadman’s Reef area with a single gunshot wound to the head. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Ashton Greenslade, the officer in charge of Grand Bahama, an autopsy will be performed to determine […]
STILL LEARNING: Dahl-Regis defends eased restrictions for fully vaccinated people but notes research is ongoing
“We are being guided; the story is still being written” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Despite concerns regarding the removal of testing restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals traveling into and throughout The Bahamas, Head of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis said yesterday the matter of transmission after vaccination is still being reviewed by […]
NOT SEEN ON TV: Recovering Dorian’s dead more horrific than media could convey, 10-year CSI officer testifies
“I have never been exposed to anything like that in my life” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Officers sent to recover the bodies of people who died during Hurricane Dorian in the days after it decimated Abaco and parts of Grand Bahama were met with horrific scenes of carnage, a court heard this week. Sergeant Austin Bowles, […]
FENDING FOR THEMSELVES: Mother recounts loss of her daughters during Hurricane Dorian
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Carlene Edgecombe said the last time she spoke to her two daughters was over the phone, as they told her in horror of the waters rising in an Abaco church shelter during Hurricane Dorian. Edgecombe was testifying via a Zoom call during an ongoing coroner’s inquest into victims lost during the deadly […]
STANDARD PROTOCOL: PHA defends its response to mass shooting amid criticisms
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) yesterday defended its response to a mass shooting on Jerome Avenue last week, insisting that it followed standard protocol in the wake of the deadly incident. It was responding to allegations made by a woman who appeared as a guest on ILTV’s Beyond the Headlines with host […]
“RELUCTANT TO MOVE”: 86-year-old Dorian victim refused to leave home; believed to have been swept out to sea
“She had spent so many hurricanes in her home; no one was expecting Dorian to be as bad as it was” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Despite trying to convince his 86-year-old aunt to seek shelter before the passage of Hurricane Dorian, David Cornish testified yesterday that she refused to leave her home and he believes she was […]
Man shot dead on Kemp Road
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man believed to be in his early 30s was shot and killed on Kemp Road, shortly before 1pm today, according to police. ASP Audley Peters said the man was driving a Nissan Cube, traveling north, when the driver of another vehicle stopped in front of him and exited, armed with a […]