Tag: gun crime
East End man gunned down inside his home
(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 […]
Gun pulled in nightclub during fight
(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.
CoP worried by ‘insatiable appetite’ for guns
(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 […]
Armed muggers rob man at 7MB car park
(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 […]
PACT may increase gun crime penalties
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has said that the Cayman Islands Government is considering increasing the penalties relating to the possession of unlicensed firearms in light of the persistent reports of gun violence across the islands. Following a National Security Council meeting on Tuesday, he said that they had agreed to review the Firearms Act (2008 […]
Men turn up at hospital with gunshot wounds
(CNS): On Sunday evening, police were called to the George Town hospital, where medical staff were treating two men who turned up with gunshot wounds. This was one of three reports on Sunday night that may have involved firearms, including shots fired at a George Town bar during a fight and unconfirmed shots in West Bay.
Cops seek help to find wanted gun suspect
(CNS): The RCIPS is calling on the public to help them find 36-year-old Joel Christopher Duncan, aka “One Don”, who is wanted in connection with a handgun, an AK-47, ammunition and a large quantity of ganja recovered at an address in Liberty Lane, George Town, last month. The police described him as violent and dangerous. […]
‘Gun for hire’ used in multiple crimes
(CNS): The gun used by Luisto Eusebio Hernandez when he tried to kill his girlfriend’s father was never recovered and is one of a number of weapons still in circulation that are being ‘hired out’ and reused over and over again. During his trial, it emerged that this firearm was also used in two robberies […]
Spent bullet cases recovered near GT bar
(CNS): Police found three spent bullet casings around the scene of an undisclosed bar in George Town on North Sound Road on Monday. Officers had been called to the area after reports of shots being fired at around 1:50am were made to 911. The Firearm Response Unit was on the scene within seven minutes of […]
More robbery suspects rounded up
(CNS): Police arrested another four men over the weekend in relation to the recent spike in armed robberies and gun crimes. One of the men was already on bail, having been charged on suspicion of being an accessory to a 2022 robbery. Now that he is suspected of being part of the recent crime spree […]
Vehicle hit by bullets in latest shooting
(CNS): Amid concerns about the rising level of gun violence on Grand Cayman, a vehicle was apparently hit in the crossfire of a shoot-out in the parking lot of an unnamed bar on Shedden Road early Monday morning. Police said they received reports of an altercation at the bar just east of North Sound Road […]
