Six people were shot and injured in Paul Avenue, Kingstown, Friday night, one year after a mass shooting claimed five lives in the city, iWitness News has confirmed.
The victims and their injuries are:
- Ezekiel George, 40, of Kingstown Park, was shot in his legs.
- Kanaka Smith, 32, of Pauls Avenue, was shot in his hands.
- Shakir Dasilva, 42, of Lowmans (Leeward), was shot in his legs.
- Palasa Bynoe, 42, of Paul’s Avenue, was shot in her foot, hand and back.
- Paul Moses, 53, of Campden Park and Canada, was shot in his legs and back.
- Tesan Moses, of Redemption Sharpes, was shot in his back.
iWitness News was reliably informed that people were socialising in the street with Paul Moses, who was scheduled to travel today (Saturday) when gunshots were fired from a passing vehicle.
The shooting came exactly one year after two men exited a white SUV in the Harbour Club area towards the east of the city and opened automatic gunfire on a group of men socialising on the roadside, killing five people.
Among those killed was Paul’s Avenue resident Lamont Hector aka Dutchie.
The other victims were Jamal Bobb aka Dutty, Dondre Hillocks, Ricky Taylor, and Kashie Primus, a 14-year-old schoolboy.
All the victims except the schoolboy are said to have been playing cards, while the schoolboy was watching from some distance away.
Police are yet to charge anyone for those murders despite offering an EC$50,000 award for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators.
At a press conference in Kingstown on Wednesday, acting Commissioner of Police Enville Williams said the investigation into the mass killing continues.
“It is a complex investigation and we are working with external agencies to bring to a successful conclusion,” the police chief said.
“I met on Monday with colleagues from the FBI — that’s Carnival Monday — to look at how best to pursue, or continue the investigation in this mass killing because we are committed to bringing justice for those families and to see to persons who are contemplating in our space to commit such acts of violence that we will not rest until you’re brought to justice,” Williams said.
The police had stationed officers full time in Paul’s Avenue and Rose Place, but those details were withdrawn some months ago.
Orchestrated distraction??. Lower body shots clearly not aimed at killing.
How difficult is it to trace the car described in the document?
One year later, Police haven’t even arrested a soul. This is truly a regretful state of affairs in Kingstown. Let’s hope the case eventually get’s solved for all the families involved.