ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM )
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
POLICE INVESTIGATE ROBBERY AND SHOOTING INCIDENT AT GRAY’S FARM
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda — Sunday, 29 June 2025
Police are searching for a suspect involved in a shooting incident that left a 54-year-old woman nursing a gunshot wound to her leg.
The incident took place around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, 29 June, outside the Now and Later Supermarket.
It was reported that the woman was about to close her business place when she was accosted by an unknown male, who robbed her of an undisclosed amount of money and shot her in her left leg.
The suspect is described as approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall and dressed in a grey hoodie pulled over his head.
The victim was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where she is being treated. Medical personnel have also confirmed that her injury is not life-threatening.
Anyone with information that may assist in identifying or locating the suspect is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913 or call the Crimestoppers anonymous tip line at 800-TIPS (8477).
The Police Administration is urging members of the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activity immediately.
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Another victim of “collateral damage “
WHAT THE HELL…! …SILLIEST OF THE SILLY: …POLICE SEARCHING FOR UNKNOWN MALE
REPETITIVE IRONY- BE VIGILANT: …REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY…?
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WAY FORWARD:
IN THE ‘…WAY FORWARD,’ PERSONNEL NOT COMMITTED TO: OR UNDERSTAND THE TWO-WORD CONCEPT:
(i) ‘…PROTECT AND SERVE: shall
(ii) …BE CALLED UPON TO RELINQUISH THE POSITIONS CURRENTLY HOLD IN THE POLICE SERVICE.’
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NOW:
SILLIEST/SILLIER
WITH THE ‘…SILLIEST,’ IT COULD NEVER GET MORE ‘…SILLIER.’
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THIS MAY BE SEEN WHEN ‘…INSPECTOR FRANKIE THOMAS’ STRATCOM’ SAYS:
(a) ‘…THE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT: in
(b) …A SHOOTING INCIDENT: that
(c) …LEFT A 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN NURSING A GUNSHOT WOUND….'[Paragraph 1].
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THEN IDIOTICALLY:
STRATHCOM’S RELEASE IS SAYING: ‘…THE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR AN UNKNOWN MALE (SUSPECT)’ [Paragraph 3].
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QUESTIONS:
(i) ‘…COULD SOMEONE NOT KNOWN BE FOUND?
(ii) …IF ‘AN UNKNOWN MALE,’ WHO ARE THEY REALLY SEARCHING FOR?’
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FIELD DAY – THEIR WAY:
UNDOUBTEDLY, IMPOTENCE HAS SEEN ‘…ARMED ROBBERS’ NOT JUST HAVING:a
(a) ‘…A FIELD-DAY: but also
(b) …A FREE-WAY.’
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EVEN SO, THE ISSUE IS WITH ‘…STRATCOM.’
WHEN ‘…STRATCOM’ CASUALLY SPEAKS TO A ‘…54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN:’ she is
NO ORDINARY PERSON:
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THE WOMAN, TOILING ALL DAY LONG, AND REPORTEDLY ROBBED AND SHOT: is
‘…REALLY ‘…NO ORDINARY WOMAN: and
(ii) …CLEARLY ‘…NO ORDINARY VICTIM.’
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IT HAS BEEN A SERIOUS ATTACK ON A MEMBER OF THE ‘…SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY:’
(a) …IN FACT SHE IS A ‘…BUSINESSWOMAN: and
(b) …THE PROPRIETOR OF A SMALL COMMUNITY SUPERETTE, CALLED ‘…NOW AND LATER SUPERMARKET.’
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NO ADDRESS/LOCATION:
INCIDENTALLY, ‘…NO ADDRESS/LOCATION’ WAS PROVIDED BY ‘…STRATCOM.’
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THE POLICE SHALL POSSESS SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THAT:
(i) ‘…THE APPARENT RAMPANCY: of
(a) …ARMED ROBBERIES: and
(b) …SHOOTING OF/OR AT VICTIMS,’ PARTICULARLY IN SMALL COMMUNITIES POLICED BY A PRECINT, NEEDS TO BE CURBED.’
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REPETITIVE IRONY IRONY
THE PUBLIC IS URGED: to
(a) ‘…REMAIN VIGILANT: and
(b) …REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY…’
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FUNCTIONS OF POLICE:
SUCH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE ‘…FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE.
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THESE ARE POSSIBLE ONLY IF: they
(a) ‘…MAINTAIN ‘…FOOT PATROLS:’
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(i) ‘…CONSPICUOUSLY AT DAY: and
(ii) …INCONSPICUOUSLY AT NIGHT: and
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(iii) …USE THEIR ‘…POWERS OF OBSERVATION.’
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KEEP ON SEARCHING, OFFICERS.
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THOUGH ‘…AN UNKNOWN MALE,’ MIGHT JUST FIND HIM. …IF NOT THE ‘…GREY HOODIE’ OR A NEEDLE.’
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WHAT THE HELL…! …SEARCH GOOD, OFFICERS.
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All those occurrences were accidents. We are still the safest destination in the Caribbean