Two men were seriously injured in a shooting around 7:45 PM (May 14) on Wharfdale Road in The Pine, St. Michael. Residents reported hearing a barrage of gunfire, prompting a swift police response. The victims were rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment; their conditions remain unknown. The area has been cordoned off, and…
Read More Gunfire in The Pine: Two Seriously Injured in Evening ShootingPolice are searching for at least three men involved in an armed robbery on Sunday morning at the Royal Bank of Canada in Bridgetown. The suspects, driving a silver-grey compact vehicle, targeted armored guards handling cash and escaped with a substantial sum of money around 9:30 AM. No one was injured. The road has since…
Read More Armed Robbery at RBC BridgetownOn the night of Monday, May 5, 2025, around 9:30 p.m., police from the District ‘A’ Police Station responded to a fatal shooting at Whitehall #2, St. Michael. Nicolas Ethan Jordan, a 40-year-old resident known to police, was shot and killed outside his home after arriving in his car. An unknown assailant approached from across…
Read More Homicide #18: Fatal Shooting in WhitehallAt the end of April 2025, Barbados had recorded at least 4 homicides between April 1st and April 30th. For the year so far, i.e., January 1 to April 30, the island has had at least 17 homicides. Disclaimer: My count and analysis are based solely on media reports, as such, numbers may be under-stated. The…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to April 2025Police are investigating a shooting that occurred around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, on St. Michael’s Row in Bridgetown. A man in his late 20s was walking toward the City with a female companion when he was approached by a masked assailant who opened fire, causing the victim to collapse. He sustained multiple…
Read More Shooting incident in BridgetownCBC Barbados posted the following to their website today (April 30): “Police are conducting investigations into an alleged drugging and abduction. In a three-minute video that has gone viral on social media, a woman is seen relating her experience with two men, whom she said she met while on holiday to the island. Responding to…
Read More Police probe alleged drugging and abduction of visitorThe Barbados Police Service is investigating a shooting that occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, April 25, 2025, in Maynards, St. Peter. According to reports, individuals were socializing near a bar when a masked gunman approached from a nearby track, robbed a man, and then fired a shot, injuring another man. The injured victim was…
Read More Shooting and Robbery at Maynards, St. PeterAn incident took place earlier this week at the Rubis gas station in Oistins. It appears to have involved an armed robbery and violent attack on a security guard. The traditional news outlets that I monitor have yet to report on the event, however bloggers and social media users have shared footage of the incident,…
Read More Stabbing Incident at Oistins Gas StationA 38-year-old man was shot during a robbery while sitting outside his home in Parish Land, Christ Church. The lone assailant demanded the victim’s possessions, shot him, and chased him into his house, where he stole a chain from his neck before fleeing. The injured man was taken to hospital by private vehicle. Source: Starcom…
Read More Man Shot and Robbed at Home in Parish Land, Christ ChurchA 14-year-old boy, Shaquan Samuels, was shot at Bailey’s Corner Shop on Nelson Street, Bridgetown, around 5 p.m. today (April 16th). He was sitting inside the shop when a bullet grazed the back of his head. Samuels is currently in stable condition at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Another child, 11-year-old Amari Knight, was also present…
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