UPDATE: Police come up empty handed following reports of gunfire last night
Reports reaching our newsroom had stated that around 8:45 P.M., shots rang out in the area of Baughers Bay, with one source claiming to have heard at least seven shots.
Police Commissioner Michael B. Matthews told our newsroom that armed officers were among those who responded to the reports.
“We had reports and responded. The force was conducting road checks with additional armed officers who responded. No offenders were found and no injuries reported,” Mr Matthews stated.
On February 16, 2018, a young man was shot while in the area of Horsepath, Tortola, and is now hospitalised. The following night, February 17, 2018, shots were reportedly fired in the same area, Horsepath, but no one was injured.
A week ago, Saturday February 10, 2018, two Virgin Islanders, 24 year old Clevaughn Sweeney and 26 year old Michael Stevens, were shot to death in the area of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School.
See previous article published February 18, 2018
Yet another shooting reported in the VI
There has reportedly been yet another shooting on the Virgin Islands main island, Tortola.
Reports reaching our newsroom state that around 8:45 P.M. tonight, February 18, 2018 shots rang out in the area of Baughers Bay.
One source told this news site at least seven shots were heard.
It is unclear if anyone has been injured but police have confirmed there have been reports of shots fired.
"Police responded to a report of the sound of gunfire in the Baughers Bay area. No other information is available at this time," Police Information Officer Diane L. Drayton told our newsroom.
There are also reports that all bars and nightclubs are being closed by police due to the alleged shooting; however, this could not be immediately confirmed.
Tonight’s shooting brings the total number of reported shootings in the VI to 5 for the year 2018. One of the shootings resulted in the death of two young men on February 10, 2018.
There have been confirmed shootings for the past two nights on the main island of Tortola.
Virgin Island News Online will bring you more details as they unfold.
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78 Responses to “UPDATE: Police come up empty handed following reports of gunfire last night”
THIS IS A DANGER TO EVERYONE ON THIS ISLAND, BORN HERE, BELONGER, RESIDENT, NON BELONGER, VISITOR, TOURIST.
DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO to STOP THIS NOW
PLEASE.
wake up people.
PLEASE! PLEASE! WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL NOW!
every single day till they realize they cant make no money... somebody gonna snich... catch some of them on posession charges then force them to snich on thier friends... Yuh got to get your hands dirty to clean house properly
That is a point that should be hammered home! Thank you for saying it so clearly!
stop all this sh*t now.
when the music start to play the monkey will dance.
give me the job to clean it up I come up there with my boys do what I have to do and leave that is my job hit and go mark me we are not targeting innocent people we in the business too long give me 2 months in your country u will c the t squad in action hit me up if u need me we can do business Ak 4
Mothers if your children like with you, do you think that you should go to sleep peacefully and do not know where your child is? When single mothers begin to get radical and go and look for their child/children in the midnight hour instead of going to bed and that child is like a man turning his own key and coming in your house in the wee hours of the morning. Parents you also need to search your children rooms, know who their friends are!! Stop acting blind and deaf! Many of these home have weapons that shed innocent blood and the parents do not know a thing because they allow their child/children to do what they want. If your child is not the one paying mortgage, why does he have a key to come in all hours of the night? or morning.
Mothers/Fathers you must be seeing something suspicious about your child but you are turning a blind eye, but one of these days you will hold your head and bawl!
GET UP! FIGHT FOR YOUR CHILDREN! THE DEVIL IS AFTER THE MALE SEED!