Armed suspect at large as gun crime spikes

| 16/06/2023 | 58 Comments
Cayman News Service
RCIPS Firearms Response Unit

(CNS): Police are looking for another armed man following a fight in West Bay Thursday night involving three men. One was pistol-whipped after the armed man pulled the gun on the other two. This latest incidence of violence comes during another spike in gun-related crime. So far this year, police have seized ten guns from the streets and, after another stick-up today, recorded 14 armed robberies.

This incident happened around 11:10pm yesterday at a home off Bonneville Drive involving three men all known to each other. Two of them ran off after the gun was pulled, and one of them was struck by the gunman. Both men received minor injuries during the fight but were not shot.

However, according to the RCIPS press release, they reported hearing a single gunshot being fired as they ran off. The man with the firearm was said to have left the location in a vehicle with another person.

Speaking to the Cayman Compass this week, RCIPS Detective Superintendent Peter Lansdown said the public has an important role to play in combating gun violence and urged people to come forward. “Without people in the community doing the right thing and telling us what’s going on, and standing up and being counted to stop it… we have real difficulties in ending this spiral of violence,” Lansdown said.

Anyone with any information or who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the area around the time of the incident is asked to contact West Bay CID and 949-4222. Anonymous tips can be provided to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777, or the website. Tips can also be submitted anonymously via the Cayman Crime Stoppers website caymancrimestoppers.com.


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  1. Anonymous says:

    Foreign police, prosecutors, judges and in a lot of cases criminals. yawnnnnn. Seems like one big soup to me. Locals on this island play too much about their future, kind of like how Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Just a bunch of yap yap yap, no government official will hold the RCIPS to account be the governor if their boss. Like i said, yawnnnn.

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  2. Anonymous says:

    Welcome to PactRock.

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  3. Anonymous says:

    UK Military Police NOW

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  4. Moi says:

    Less than a 100sq miles, and over 350 police officers! Outrageous !

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  5. Anonymous says:

    Before everyone goes on the usual ranting about the UK and US coming to save cayman; please take a good look at what’s happening in both those countries. Be thankful for what we have.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Want to compare the levels of gun crime per head of the population with the UK – go on. And BTW, you may be interested to know that the death rate from firearms in the US is actually less than Cayman – 6 per 100000 in the US in 2022, and 8 per 100000 in Cayman.

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  6. Anonymous says:

    How and why did Cayman end up with a Jamaican constabulary? Genuine question.

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    • Anonymous says:

      And may as well ask why is Cayman being turned into Jamaica..?
      Saunders Seymour Mac and Kenny want it that way….because that’s how they’ll stay in power.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Thanks to McKeeva. Status the gift that keeps on giving.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Disgusting how Cayman has gone. Imported cheap labor from every impoverished place on earth and big money developers ruling the government. But money rules until Cayman is destroyed.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Disgusting how Cayman is headed but what do you expect when we import cheap labor from every impoverished place on earth and greedy big money developers control the government to get exactly what they want. Well it is to late now so enjoy it while you can.

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    • Anonymous says:

      The same way we ebded up with a majority lower class Jamaican population. Slack laws and enforcement.

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  7. Bayertodehilt says:

    Went to an establishment on WB road and in walks the USG swat team! The bruising looking fellas couldn’t scare a rat! Said good morning to them and one answered! But guess where from? Nah! Wrong! Not local at all! Here’s the problem, restaff the RCIPS with personnel from countries that are not poverized and not crime ridden! Start by cleaning house in every department, and retrain those that are remaining! Start a police academy so that on graduation they can speak properly, act properly, can write properly, can investigate properly, are accurate marksmen and are friendly when they need to be.

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    • Anonymous says:

      We should not have to rely on a police academy to to teach them to write properly. This should be achieved by the education system long before anyone considers police training. It is a sad fact that many of our officers have such limited literacy skills it is hard to think of any profession they could adequately fit into.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Remember when they dangerously opened fire on 7MB while pursuing a suspect?

      Clowns. One errant bullet could have killed an innocent person.

      Bring in the military police from the UK. Blitz these criminals.

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    • Anonymous says:

      The RCIPS only recruit from ghetto and crime ridden countries. Can we expect them to solve crimes? No use making a report to any of them; their excuse is it is a civil matter.

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    • Anonymous says:

      You want to try getting a written statement out of one. Ask uniform officers what that is like. I’ll tell you; a paragraph or two at best, with many useful details omitted.

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        Always read & correct your statement yourself because when it’s read in court you will look like the fool not the officer.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Enough is enough. Time for the UK to handle this.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Direct rule now. Crime is totally out of control here.

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    • Anonymous says:

      The UK is currently destroying itself and you want them to have more direct control?

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    • Anonymous says:

      London has as many murders as New York so i dont know what you’re on about. Gangs of knife wielding youth roam the streets of UK cities stabbing people to death! Thats a fact!

      CNS: There were 124 homicides in London (population 9.5 million) for the period between April 2021 and March 2022, compared with 119 in the previous reporting year. See here.

      In 2022 there were 438 homicides in New York (population 8.5 million). See here. That’s 3.5 times as many in a smaller population.

      In the year ending March 2022 there were 261 homicides in England and Wales (currently recorded) using a sharp instrument, including knives and broken bottles. See here.

      In 2022, the estimated number of firearm deaths, excluding suicides, in the US was 20,138. See here.

      Yes, the UK has a knife-violence problem, but the claim that London has as many murders as New York is just made-up nonsense, not fact.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Cayman had a higher rate of firearm deaths per capita than the US in 2022 – all these posters commenting on how bad crime is in other countries forget that we have a very small population and a disproportionate amount of crime (and policemen for that matter!)

  9. Anonymous says:

    Police in West Bay station have zero community relations and do nothing proactively.
    Not even holding community meetings in years, with so much happening.
    Witness protection. Another joke

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    • Kman says:

      The reason also being that there are few native West Bayers working at the West Bay station. The politicians also don’t really care until one of them, their loved ones or a tourist is killed by a bullet. Cayman is now facing the same issues of TCI and Bermuda, soon the UK Army will need to be involved.

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  10. watcher says:

    I sleep better knowing the RCIPS Firearms Response Unit is a formidable force. Exactly what we need. Thank you. Probably chew rocks to relax.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Yeah, they stood around while all our cars were stopped next to them and they knew a high speed chase was heading right for us. A van was taken out and someone could have died if it was a small car. They should have been directing our cars out of the way but they just sat there waiting for the stolen vehicle. The RCIPS and FRU are inept.

  11. Frank Drebin says:

    Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute before until he’s behind bars. Now, let’s grab a bite to eat.

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  12. Anonymous says:

    And if the police ever do catch them there’s a 90% chance they will be released on bail.
    So they can reoffend, leave the island and/or intimidate witnesses.
    What are the police and courts thinking? Certainly not how to keep the public safe.

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  13. Anonymous says:

    Might be able to help but this is 2 days after the fact.

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  14. Anonymous says:

    Record-breaking, police, funding, record-breaking, police numbers, record-breaking amounts of photos standing around looking tough…

    Where are the results?

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  15. Elvis says:

    The lunatics are taking over the asylum

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  16. Anonymous says:

    Guess a discussion on the cost of living got too heated. Now we wait to see if the two who saved themselves are willing to give up the others as they should.

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  17. Anonymous says:

    “Without people in the community doing the right thing and telling us what’s going on”

    YOU ARE POLICE FFS go investigate and stop praising yourselves for actually doing your bloody jobs every December. This is why most of the public has zero faith in you.

    Oh wait, you can’t investigate unless you’re handed the criminals on a silver platter, but god forbid someone does 51 mph on a highway. Want info but takes 3 years to ask, and when they do, they don’t give any detailed info or CCTV. There’s thousands of x complexion males of y height here!

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  18. mervyn cumber says:

    The picture of the “armed response unit” is very provocative, perhaps it is meant to be. No friendly approach!

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  19. Anonymous says:

    Am I the only person without a handgun? Great job Byrne.

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  20. Caymanian says:

    RCIPS are clearly out of their depth. This a 100 square mile island with 80,000 residents and everybody knows everybody. How the hell can RCIPS not find these guys??

    It’s time to bring in some real police detectives from the US or the UK to gather evidence, hunt these little wanna-be thugs down, and lock them up or put them down. Enough is enough.

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