Our next story is kind of about the Carnival 2022, dubbed "We Outside!"
But, last night, being outside near the Soca Moca Mas Camp meant being in the danger zone as gunshots were fired nearby.
It turns out, the shots were unrelated to the Mas Camp revelry that was in full swing at around 8:20 pm. In fact, the gun play started out about half a mile away - and then led police on a pursuit that brought them closer to the Mas Camp, terrifying revellers. The Commissioner told us what police were responding to:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Police were patrolling in the area of [Central American] Boulevard at its corner with Iguana Street Extension when they heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the area of Elston Kerr Street. The officers responded to the area where they saw another police officer and he had given them the
description of the suspect who had fired the shots. The team of officers from CIB went in the area where the officer had directed that the suspect had run with the weapon and the police officers encountered the suspect in the area of Seagull Street. The suspect fired shots at the police and the police returned fire. No one was injured in that particular instance during the exchange of gunfire between the police and the suspect."
"The suspect was eventually caught and a search of the area led to the discovery of a nine millimeter pistol with some ammunition in its magazine. Now the area where the shooting occurred, the primary scene which is in the Iguana Street Extension area, there was where the person got shot and that person was shot by the suspect who the police were pursuing. That person, the victim, received gunshot injuries to the leg and groin area and is admitted to the hospital in a critical but stable condition."
The shooting victim is 19 year old Dixon Ramirez, a Student of Pitter Street. The suspect is an 18 year old, and the gun recovered is a Glock 17 - 9mm pistol and a magazine containing 12 live rounds.
