Tag: gun crime

PPM calls on UPM to tackle causes of gang crime

PPM calls on UPM to tackle causes of gang crime

| 04/03/2024 | 44 Comments

(CNS): The rise in gun crime and gang activity demands attention, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart said in the wake of the shooting last month during a football match at the Ed Bush Stadium, where seven people were wounded in what appears to be another incident of gang-related violence. McTaggart said the government must prioritise the […]

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Guns fired in GT as gang troubles roll on

Guns fired in GT as gang troubles roll on

| 28/02/2024 | 51 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating yet another incident where shots have been fired on the streets of Grand Cayman. Firearms officers recovered an undisclosed number of spent casings as well as one live round of ammunition near the Eastern Avenue and Godfrey Nixon Way junction in George Town at about 3:40am Wednesday. According to police, no […]

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No let up in gun crime as more property shot up

No let up in gun crime as more property shot up

| 16/02/2024 | 69 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating more cases of guns being fired after a house and a vehicle in Birch Tree Hill, West Bay, were shot up on Ash Wednesday. The coastguard also found a number of spent shell casings along the shore of North Sound Estates after another report of guns being fired on Wednesday morning. […]

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Shot fired into window of Lower Valley bedroom

Shot fired into window of Lower Valley bedroom

| 10/01/2024 | 13 Comments

(CNS): A resident of Lower Valley in Bodden Town was woken up in the early hours of Wednesday morning by a gun fired into his bedroom window. The man was asleep when, at around 1am, he woke up to what sounded like a gunshot. After taking a look around, he spotted bullet holes in the […]

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Man wounded in Windsor Park drive-by shooting

Man wounded in Windsor Park drive-by shooting

| 10/01/2024 | 30 Comments

(CNS): A man was treated in hospital on Tuesday night for a gunshot wound to his leg after a drive-by shooting on Hawkins Drive in the Windsor Park area of George Town. Police said they were called to the location at about 7pm yesterday, where it was reported that a vehicle had approached a residence […]

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Crime continued over Christmas weekend

Crime continued over Christmas weekend

| 27/12/2023 | 32 Comments

(CNS): There was no let up on the violence and street crime over the holiday weekend as police opened investigations into fights, shootings and robberies. The weekend trouble began in the early morning hours of Friday, 23 December, with a shooting in George Town resulting in a man being taken to hospital with multiple gunshot […]

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More gunshots reported in George Town

More gunshots reported in George Town

| 10/12/2023 | 6 Comments

(CNS): Police have recovered shell casings in George Town following reports of shots being fired early Friday morning at an address off Anthony Drive. The RCIPS report indicates that the report was not made until Friday afternoon, after which the Armed Response Unit searched the area and found several spent shell casings. The scene was […]

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East End man gunned down inside his home

East End man gunned down inside his home

| 08/12/2023 | 14 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS has opened a murder inquiry after a local man was shot several times at his East End home off Sea View Road on Thursday night. Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the dead man, but CNS has learned from unconfirmed sources that the man is Sven Connor (43), who was […]

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Gun pulled in nightclub during fight

Gun pulled in nightclub during fight

| 14/11/2023 | 16 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating a report of a gun being pulled out during a fight at a nightclub over the holiday weekend. According to an RCIPS press release, officers were called to the Strand Entertainment Complex at about 1:30am on Monday about the altercation and the sighting of a firearm.

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CoP worried by ‘insatiable appetite’ for guns

CoP worried by ‘insatiable appetite’ for guns

| 09/11/2023 | 28 Comments

(CNS): Over the last seven years, the RCIPS, with support from Customs and Border Control, has taken 126 illegal guns off the street, including 19 so far this year, countering what Police Commissioner Kurt Walton said was an “insatiable appetite” here for firearms. Concerned about the impact of gun crime, he told a large group […]

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Armed muggers rob man at 7MB car park

Armed muggers rob man at 7MB car park

| 07/11/2023 | 30 Comments

(CNS): Two men, one armed with a gun and the other a knife, mugged a man in the Seven Mile Public Beach car park on Sunday night, the police have now confirmed. The street robbery topped a weekend of violent crime in which a couple were mugged and badly beaten on a street in West […]

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