A shooting near the capital of St.Vincent and the Grenadines left four people dead and four others wounded Friday night, prompting an intensified police response in the Caribbean island nation as authorities search for those responsible.Gunfire erupted shortly before 10:30 p.m.
in the Green Hill community near Kingstown, according to Acting Commissioner of Police Trevor Bailey, who addressed the killings during a Saturday news conference.Officers responding to the scene found two bodies on a public road, while a woman was found dead inside a vehicle parked nearby, Bailey said.A fourth victim was discovered on an adjacent piece of land.
All four appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds.GUNFIRE SHATTERS TORONTO LATIN STREET FESTIVAL, LEAVING AT LEAST 2 DEAD AND MULTIPLE WOUNDEDNorth America, West Indies, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mustique,.(Photo by: Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Getty Images)Four additional people were taken to Milton Cato Memorial Hospital with gunshot injuries.
Two were treated and released, while two remained hospitalized at the time of the police briefing.No arrests had been made, and police had not publicly identified a motive.Assistant Commissioner of Police Brenton Smith said investigators were working to identify whoever was responsible and cautioned against speculation while the investigation remained active.Police were also investigating a separate shooting in Ottley Hall early Saturday and had not determined whether the two incidents were connected.AT LEAST 3 DEAD, 23 WOUNDED IN SEPARATE MASS SHOOTINGS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES APARTPolice say a deadly shooting broke out in the Green Hill community of Kingstown, the capital of St.Vincent and the Grenadines, pictured here.
(state.gov)"That determination must be made by investigators based on the evidence and not on rumors or assumptions," Smith said.The killings come as authorities grapple with gun and gang violence across the s...