The killings and shootings in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have continued despite the impact of Hurricane Beryl, which left at least two people dead and decimated infrastructure in the Southern Grenadines.
Acting Commissioner of Police Enville Williams told the media on Wednesday that police are investigating the death of a man in Bequia, who died as a result of gunshot injuries.
He said the death was classified as a homicide.
This means that the country had recorded 26 homicides this year, including eight in just over two weeks.
On Tuesday, the Police Public Relations and Complaints Department said detectives were investigating the death of Nickelson Thomas, 21, of Cemetery Hill, Bequia.
The release said Thomas’ body had gunshot injuries.
On Saturday, Ekron Edwards, a 33-year-old minibus driver and resident of Ottley Hall, was fatally shot by a masked assailant while driving a minibus in the West Kingstown community.
Meanwhile, Williams said that police had received a report of gunshots fired at a home in Mesopotamia.
“And remember I mentioned earlier on that persons are taking our vulnerable period without electricity to commit acts of violence,” the police chief said, adding, “This is one such act of violence…
“And I want to appeal to the young men, I want to appeal to Vincentians, if you see something, say something because we are quite literally and figuratively in the dark on this one.”
Williams said the police have no information on the shooting.
“… I want to appeal to those who know something to say something. But I also want to appeal to the young men who want to take the opportunity to commit acts of violence in our vulnerable period to take a hard look at what you are doing and remember we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law when you are caught. And you will be caught,” the police chief said.
The sins of Vincentians have reached the heavens. Beryl was just cause and poetic justice because Vincentians have not turned away from their wicked ways. Vincentians are being judged in the same way as in the days of Sodom and Gomorah and the days of the flood brings such as explained in the bible.Ask yourself if the eruption of soufriere with fire and brimstone was a warning from God that we must atone for ours Sins.
Remember what happened to Pharoah? We are stiff neck like the Pharoahs of old. Another more destructive storm is coming. Where are our Jonah’s?
We have been shepered from a relative peace loving and quiet society of twenty five years ago to one where young people will now brave a hurricane to go out and kill their fellow vincentians then on the way back home pilfer, by the one voice know it all of the powers that be in St.vincent, who for various reasons still want to keep the reins of power as their family entitlement,to the determent of our country and people,in a position where time and the world has pass them by
VULNERABLE PERIOD: NO COMMISSIONER: SEEKING TO HIDE
Though it is an impossibility to prevent murders the commissioner knows that long before Hurricane Beryl struck the nation, be it NIGHT or DAY, cold-blooded gunmen have been wreaking havoc in some communities.
From this news story, it would seem that Commissioner Williams is seeking to SEEKING TO HIDE behind Vulnerable Period, for persons to inflict Violence upon others [Paragraph 9].
APPEALS?
No number of APPEALS will curb violent crimes COMMISH.
These do not help MINDSET.
Be pro-active. Devise workable strategies. Proper deployment.
GOOD LUCK IN THE CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS.
EVEV IN THE AFTERMATH OF BERYL AND STILL FACING GUNMEN, BEST WISHES TO THE POPULACE.