Tag: gun crime
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 […]
Couple face drug charges after gun fired in WB
(CNS): A 21-year-old man from West Bay and a 23-year-old woman from George Town were charged with assault and drug offences after a gun was reportedly brandished and fired during an altercation at a residence off Bonneville Drive in West Bay earlier this month. Police searched the home where the man and woman were arrested […]
Armed suspect at large as gun crime spikes
(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 […]
Police seek witnesses to gunfire at Red Bay bar
(CNS): Police are investigating reports of gunshots being fired by armed men outside Da Station bar on Shamrock Road, Red Bay, at about 10pm on Sunday, 4 June. The police did not say whether or not any shell casings or bullets had been recovered at the scene but noted that no injuries had been reported.
Three men arrested after shots fired in West Bay
(CNS): Three men have been arrested on suspicion of possessing an unlicensed gun following reports of shots being fired in West Bay in the early hours of both Sunday and Monday mornings. Police said a gun had been discharged on Bankers Road at about 12:30am on 28 May and again on Monday around 8:20am. A […]
