Tag: shooting
Police arrest suspect in East End murder
(CNS): A 27-year-old man from East End has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Sven Brett Connor (42) at his home last week. Connor was shot multiple times at his residence just off Sea View Road at around 10pm on Thursday night. According to an RCIPS release, the suspect was arrested on Saturday, but police […]
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 […]
Weekend crime spree peaks with gang shooting
(CNS): A West Bay man is currently in critical care, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds in a gang-related attempt on his life in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police believe the man, who has not yet been identified, was gunned down by gang rivals outside a home on Gorse Lane in Birch Tree Hill, […]
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.
Man arrested for conspiracy to murder
(CNS): Police have arrested another suspect in the killing of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez on 29 September. The 22-year-old man from Bodden Town was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, but following a search related to his arrest, he was further arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and later formally charged with […]
One charged with Hernandez’ murder, one on the run
(CNS): Sean Austin Connolly Amaya (24), who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murdering Divonte Alejandro Hernandez outside a George Town liquor store, has been charged and remanded in custody. But police are asking the public to help them track the second suspect, George Orlando Senior (35), last known to be living in West Bay.
George Town man arrested on suspicion of murder
(CNS): On the eve of a witness appeal at the scene of last Friday’s fatal shooting of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez, the police arrested a 24-year-old man from George Town on suspicion of murder. The RCIPS did not give any details about where, when and how the arrest took place yesterday but said the suspect remains […]
No arrests in targeted killing, police call for witnesses
(CNS): Just one gunman shot Divonte Alejandro Hernandez (25) in a targeted killing outside a George Town liquor store last Friday, police have said, but no one has been arrested yet. The suspect is described as tall and slim, and he was wearing black clothes and a mask at the time. Another man was driving […]
Man killed in daylight shooting in George Town
(CNS): Police have opened a murder investigation following a daylight shooting in the centre of George Town Friday morning. A man was reportedly gunned down from behind and sustained multiple wounds in the parking lot of Liquor 4 Less on Sound Way at the junction of Eastern Avenue and Shedden Road just before 10.30am. The […]
‘Mango row’ shooting lands man 21 years in jail
(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (28) has been handed a 21-year jail term for the attempted murder of his girlfriend’s father and a second concurrent term of 12 years for the possession of an unlicensed firearm. Hernandez shot his de facto father-in-law shortly after a row between the men over how to feed a mango to […]
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 […]
