Four young people are receiving medical treatment after being shot during a late-night incident near Joe Mike’s, in the area between Corn Alley and Nevis Street.
Preliminary reports indicate the victims, believed to be between 16 and 20 years old, were walking in the area when a lone gunman or individuals from another group opened fire, striking all four.
The victims sustained gunshot wounds to various parts of their bodies, including the hand, side and leg.
Emergency personnel responded to the scene and transported the injured to hospital. Their conditions are reported to be stable.
Police have not yet issued an official statement. Investigations into the shooting are ongoing, and further details are expected as authorities continue their inquiries.
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Remember I told yall that GFK GRAYS FARM KILLERS GONNA go on a rampage and not even schools will be totally safe. It has started.
Crime is truly out of control. Antigua needs a total reset and the people in charge at this time have proven the job is too big for them. What say you Antigu. Change is inevitable
Do you have another viable option to put in place of the current party in control? Or you’re just spouting nonsense behind a screen.
Faithful National #2 i totally agree with you
Will the PeeeeeeeeeM advise the police to cease arrests of youth involved in gun crimes ahead of the elections like he did for areests involving public smoking?
A community is its leader.
If the leader encourages criminal activity the community becomes lawless.
If the leader is rolesolute on his stance against criminal activity the community will be and feel safer.
The youths with the guns are the very youths involved in smoking.
Just for a vote the cabinet has decided that there should be no further arrest for public smoking and the laws will be reviewed after the elections.
We heard of something similar before.
We heard the PeeeeeeeeeM advised youths to dispose of thier hot firearms.
This is the result.
Is a vote more important than a life?
No life no vote.
Even more….
Isnt there a law against juveniles being out past a certain hour?
What time did this incident take place?
Was it after the curfew hours?
Again it goes back to our present administration putting their mouths in action before putting their brains into gear.
They pass laws without consisting the proper enforcement mechanism.
They have definitely overstayed their welcome.
Their presence is a blight in our society..
@Yung Jun. I’m not a politician or any party member but how can we readily blame a government for crimes of passions?
You think these kids brought in the guns or is as adults put it in there hands? We do not want take responsibility or be held accountable as adults or parents for the shit that these little asses do, instead we blame the low hanging fruit as if crime was less under UPP.
I remember user UPP, we saw the highest murder rates n robberies ever to this date in our country but we blame part politics for crimes of passions.
Come on man, be sensible with that articulation and stop looking out of your political lens.
I am pretty sure you have seen crimes committed and say nothing also.. in criminology, we call those behaviors, ‘antisocial behavior’. It is not socially acceptable by the public. Stop the political grandstanding
Why always try to lay blame at the people in charge of the country. Why not start with the people perpetrating these crimes. Is taking a life or wounding someone the right thing to do?? We all need to look in the mirror and reflect
Dear Prime Minister,
I write to you with a heavy heart, as Antigua and Barbuda stands at a critical juncture. We are witnessing a surge in crime, a rising cost of living, and a community on edge. Your government claims that the United Progressive Party cannot manage this nation, citing the rise in crime—but what we see is a deeper failure of leadership.
The investment program has been a double-edged sword—enriching a few by selling passports, while crime infiltrates our streets. Just the other day, a man was caught with a gun and a silencer after an amnesty meant to disarm the public—and he was given just three years, later reduced to one and a half. This is a grave insult to public safety. And just two weeks ago, we lost two young lives—taken too soon—and last night, four more were shot. Despite all this, there have never been proper gun raids—only drug busts. Who is bringing these guns in? Who is supplying our youth with such deadly tools?
We are watching a government that, rather than addressing this crisis, calls a snap election to stave off the inevitable. They know, in just a few months, the situation will spiral beyond control. As I’ve said before, our cricket fields are denied to young people, controlled by a select few. They have no outlets, no safe spaces to grow. We don’t need just words; we need action. We need a change in government, a change in the violence, and a future that puts people first.
So, I say to you, Prime Minister—make Antigua great again. Enough is enough. We need a government that stands with the people, not one that exploits them. The time for change is now.
And where does this stem from?
What happened to the 10 o’clock curfew? Shall we discuss this too after election?
Will any of our politicians take a pause on their election campaigning and speak out (as well as take action) on this unprecedented rise in gun crimes?
Do we have the second worst “politricking” politicians on the planet?
And don’t ask which Western country is the worst at present, because if you do not already know, you’ll never know.
However, here’s a clue: our Diaspora Ambassador prefers to live there rather than right here in Antigua. Fact! 🇦🇬
…BTW, some outstanding comments on here.
What a big difference to 5-6 years ago, when the uneducated, untutored and those who could only cuss to make their unintelligible remarks on ANR threads observed.👍🏾
(Yawn) isnt there some sort of curfew that was implemented? Just aasking for my lil cousin
It feels like the situation is getting out of hand—firearms are becoming so widespread that innocent people risk being harmed simply while going about their daily lives, and there is a growing need for increased police presence at East Bus Station.
WHAT THE HELL…! …IN THE HEART OF THE CITY?
…PRIMARY CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS: INCLUDING ‘…INEFFECTIVE POLICING.’
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From a strictly professional perspective, the obvious ‘…CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS:’ include
(a) ‘…RESTLESSNESS IN YOUTH:
(b) …RECKLESSNESS IN BEHAVIOR:
(c) …GROSS LAWLESSNESS: with
(d) …SCANT REGARD TO THE ‘…RULE OF LAW: ‘ compounded by
(e) …INEFFECTIVE POLICING?
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NOW:
(i) ‘…THERE ARE FAR BETTER ‘…PREACHERS’ THAN POLICE OFFICERS: and
(ii) …MORE SQUARE PEGS IN ‘…ROUND HOLES: than
(iii) …ASPHALT TO FILL THOSE ON THE ‘…ALL SAINTS ROAD.’
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WHAT THE HELL…! …HAPPY EASTER: …NO MORE ‘…BLASTERS.’
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WALK GOOD: …DRIVE CAREFULLY
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QUESTION
HAVE ‘…BEAT PATROLERS’ BEEN DEPLOYED TO COVER THE CITY CENTER?’
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IF NOT, WHAT THE HELL IS TO BE EXPECTED?
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The government should get solar powered streetlight with camera combination out of china to replace all existing streetlights system and help the police and government solve crimes.
Wait! Why don’t those angry youths convert that energy into something more effect that will help them develop, like channeling that anger at the politicians that make their lives miserable, yes you can knock off the politicians with your vote and protest, that’s right you don’t need to be shooting up each other, just take out the politicians who have been fooling you with one weapon greater than guns, and that’s your vote and protest and participation in social media to speak out as young people and coalesce around a single ideology, and that’s the development of your country by young people themselves and not no foreign white savior complex and ministers getting rich while you stay poor and miserable smoking the spliff that Gaston institutionalized on you instead of giving you land resources and concessional opportunities. Turn that gun into a greater weapon the equivalent of a vote.
@ Yung Jung
If this is what you settle for little wonder we are stuck in this cesspool and will be in it for a foreseeable future. People such as you lack vision. We have an Attorney General who doesn’t no shit about how to arrest the crime wave, he has never articulated one single sensible strategy
Cefed,
Because the Government of the day should do all in its power to stop the guns from entering the country, to be fair they cannot eliminate it 100% but they are not doing a very good job and when found with a unlicensed one the penalty should be severe
My biggest problem in this country is that nobody want to take responsibility for their actions. Always looking for sombody else to blame for it. How comes government is responsible for youths killing each other ? Bmput the blame where it suppose to be. Youths involved in guns crimes and other criminal activities, should be charge and tried as Adults. Stop polishing crime. Charge their backside as Adults
Parenting is the problem. Too much single parent household. The youths have no father figure and no proper role models to emulate. If you at all other demographics, Chinese, Indian, Syrian/Lebanese n Caucasian. It’s the black homes are breakdown, no discipline, no religious engagement, no parental involvement, single parent only a few nuclear black families exist . Black woman and black man rise up and make right choices in life. Stop blaming politicians for the breakdown of values and moral among the youths.
@Chief priest (BTW, I hope you’re not one), nobody is saying that the government is responsible, but even you must worry about their lack of communication to the country about reassuring us and what measures they are going to implement in keeping everyone safe.
As a family man, I take measures to safeguard them, in business people do the same to try and protect their staff.
Then why don’t the government do the same with citizens of Antigua & Barbuda?
Surely, even YOU can see that?
@Chief Priest. I concur this message of charging those youths involve in gun crimes as adults. And to those who are asking why blame the government for things that these youths r doing with these guns, why not. There was a gun amnesty put on n only what, 7 guns were collected but yet still so many more in the hands of our youths.
The government is in charge of the affairs of the blessed land and need to find out where hese guns coming from. Bit I don’t know if they r trying we don’t know but we have not heard anything on it so they MUST shoulder the blame.its just what we r seeing so we can’t say differently when it is right nfront our eyes.
That statement by our Prome Minister was the worse I’ve heard from someone with such high position. Get rid of the hot guns. #SHAMEFUL!!!
@ Chief Priest
You just suggested that the Government should try them as adults yet you are criticizing the people who lay some of the blame on Government. Your suggestion is more sensible than anything jokey Cutie Benjamin has ever done. Cutie and Gaston just no kay being in power is all the crave
@ Chief Priest
You just suggested that the Government should try them as adults yet you are criticizing the people who lay some of the blame on Government. Your suggestion is more sensible than anything jokey Cutie Benjamin has ever done. Cutie and Gaston just no kay being in power is all they crave
Gun SLINGING Antigua n the police them can’t find all these guns men…wait a little bit longer.it will co.e to your doors if u all don’t get rid of these little gunmen around
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