Tag: gun crime
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 […]
Police hunt gun suspect who jumped bail
(CNS): The police are appealing to the public for help tracking down 29-year-old Kadeem Andre Johnnaton Hurlston, who is wanted in connection with gun-related offences. An RCIPS press release said he had been granted bail in relation to a previous firearms-related incident but had failed to answer his bail conditions.
Gunman opens fire outside George Town bar
(CNS): An armed masked man shot at another man outside a George Town bar in the early hours of Thursday morning. However, the police said that no one at the location reported any injuries as a result of this incident, which followed a dispute inside the bar on Eastern Avenue. According to social media reports, […]
Witnesses wanted to shooting in West Bay
(CNS): Police are asking the public for information about a drive-by shooting in West Bay on Sunday night along Bankers Road. Shortly after 10:10pm, a report was made to 911 that shots had been fired from a vehicle driving through the area. Police officers who went to the scene searched the area and found a […]
Hospital reports patient’s gunshot wound to police
(CNS): Police were called to the Cayman Islands Hospital on Thursday evening because the staff were dealing with an aggressive and disruptive patient. By the time the officers arrived, the medical staff had determined that the man had sustained what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his foot. Police believe he was in the […]
Gunman on the run after jumping bail
(CNS): Ronald Ernesto Swaby (28), who was recently convicted of possessing an imitation firearm with the intent of committing an offence, has jumped bailed. Swaby was due to be sentenced this week but failed to attend the scheduled court appearance. His bail has now been revoked and police are asking the public to help them […]
