Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are searching for suspects in connection with a shooting in a parking lot on South Side Plaza located on Aviation Drive Providenciales that left one man wounded.
Police responded the area around 2:55 AM this morning (Friday 23rd September 2016) after reports of a fight and gunshots fired were made to 911. Upon arrival at the scene, four shots were heard, and a number of persons were seen running from the area. An unknown male wearing blue jeans and light blue shirt brandishing a silver handgun was seen, and as officers approached him, he ran into the nearby bushes and made good his escape. Police also responded to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre where a 24-year-old male was seen with a gunshot wound to his leg. He informed officers that he received the wound while at the area of the shooting.
The male was treated and later discharged.
Police are seeking the assistance of witnesses who were in the area during the time of this incident and may have seen what happened or can identify the male or persons who were shooting, please call Crime Stoppers on 1-800-8477 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: www.crimestoppers.tc, Chalk Sound Police Station 338-5901/941-8067. The information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter page.
