The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) have launched an investigation after a man was found on a roadway and later died, in Blue Hills yesterday morning.
At approximately 12:06AM (Sunday, 21 June 2015), officers attached to The Beat & Patrol Unit were called to Bible Street, after reports of multiple shots were heard being fired.
Police arrived to find a man, aged 22, with serious injuries lying on the road.
The man was taken to Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, where he later died. The name of the deceased is known to police but is not being released at this time.
And while Astwood did not release the name of the young man who succumbed to his injuries, social media was immediately flooded with a posting of the young man’s photo, along with condolences & prayers for the grieving family of young Robert Martinez who was gunned down just yards away from his home on Bible Street in Blue Hills.
Astwood noted there was also a second man, aged 20 who sustained a gunshot wound during the same incident on Bible Street. He was taken to hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. He remains in a stable condition.
Meanwhile, a press release from the Public Relations Officer at the TCI Hospital, Ms. Takarra Bain, in response to media queries, confirmed that during the early hours of Sunday June 21st, 2015, the Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital received a 23-year-old male patient following a shooting in Blue Hills. “The patient was immediately treated by our medical team; however he succumbed to his injuries. Another male patient, age 21 was transferred to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, following the same shooting incident in Blue Hills; that patient was treated and discharged.
Also, on Sunday June 2st 2015, the Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital received a 21 year-old male patient following an incident on the Leeward Highway, Providenciales. The patient was treated and later transferred overseas for further medical treatment,” confirmed Ms. Bain.
Astwood said an investigation has commenced and a crime scene established that was examined by detectives and forensic specialists.
Police are in search of two males who they believe can assist them with their investigations. Both males were last seen wearing short pants and black hoodies.
Police have not arrested any suspects at present.
Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1-800-8477 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: www.crimestoppers.tc. Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. All calls are answered by Miami Dade Police and no one from the RTCIPF will know who called. Only the information received will be provided to the RTCIPF. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
