UPDATED:
STRATCOM MEDIA RELEASE
St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Murder Victim Identified
The police are continuing investigations into the alleged murder of 24-year-old Kevin Vaccannie of Yorks.
Vaccannie was pronounced dead at the hospital at 5:25 am on Wednesday, May 15, following a shooting incident at the Asylum Night Club, formerly the G Spot Night Club on Independence Avenue.
The same incident left another man nursing a gunshot wound to his abdomen at the hospital. His condition is said to be stable.
It was reported that the incident stemmed from an altercation at the club, which resulted in both men getting shot. The police are in the process of interviewing several persons whom they believe can assist them with their investigations.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913 or call Crimestoppers Hotline at 800-Tips (8477).
EARLIER REPORT
Source Real News: Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a shooting
incident on Independence Drive that left one man dead and another being
rushed into surgery for life-threatening injuries.
The Police have since detained a man for questioning.
According to confirmed reports, sometime around 4:40 a.m. on Wednesday,
May 15, there was a shootout at the G-Spot Nightclub, which is operated by a
Jamaican woman, the mother of the man who was fatally shot.
Allegations are that the woman’s son – Kevin Vaceannie, 24, from Yorks –
would usually man the gate, performing the role of security guard.
It is unclear what triggered the deadly shootout; but, up to after 10 a.m. on
Wednesday, investigators were on the scene trying to put the pieces together.
In the meantime, a source says the man in police custody is a familiar
individual from the Grays/Green community.
He is known to the courts and
the Police and has been implicated in previous shootings, it is alleged.
Another source says the suspect is a good friend of the two shooting victims
and was present when the incident went down – and it is believed that he was
the intended target.
After the gunfire erupted, the suspect is alleged to have jumped into his car,
and was pursued by the gunmen, who reportedly ran him off the road.
Therefore, he was later detained and taken to the Criminal Investigations
Department (CID) for questioning about the incident.
A source claims that he was dusted for gunshot residue to ascertain whether
he had recently discharged a firearm. But the results of that test are not
known at this time.
On Wednesday morning, a part large part of Independence Drive was
cordoned off by “Do Not Cross” yellow tape to prevent onlookers from
venturing into the area and contaminating the crime scene.
In a press release about the incident, STRATCOM has appealed to anyone with
information surrounding this latest murder and shooting to contact the
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at 462-3913 or call the
Crimestoppers Hotline at 800-Tips (8477).
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This place needs to be closed down posthaste.
Totally agree with you
to the suspect you still won’t change smh. sadly you may join the others under dirt
You will never learn. How u don’t care about your life to be sleeping with the enemy at some point they would set u up. She from the same crew that’s trying to take u out what do u expect a long happy life? U get mixed up in too many shit cause u won’t listen and do what you feel. It won’t stop till they unalive you and that’s the aim
at the rate this is going I’ll be surprised if he makes it past 2024 is best he tries to get out the country
The signs of the times in which we live. Desperately wicked and evil days. The heart of man is ONLY set on EVIL. We have lost ALL consciousness of GOOD because we have rejected the SOURCE of GOODNESS.
So as we continue on this path: these occurrences will be more frequent and intense. Demons have taken control of the hearts of man and will destroy as MANY souls as fall victim to their trap.
Wake up, People: Not ordinary times.
The CRY goes out to ALL: SEEK THE SOURCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. TURN FROM OUR EVIL WAYS. OUR ONLY HOPE LIES ON THE NARROW PATH THAT LEADS TO PEACE & SECURITY.
The signs of the times are certainly there but this is just Antigua reaping the whirlwind of opening up the country to all and sundry. A lot of these people should never have been here in the first place. But, politicians prefer votes to having a good and stable country. Further people keep voting them back in. At this rate, the horse has already bolted and so perhaps you are right. Only God can help us at this point. The problem is, wicked is seemingly preferred above all else. The country is done.
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