(The Nassau Guardian) Six men who were released from police custody on Wednesday were shot and killed two hours later at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Chesapeake Road by assailants who escaped the scene, authorities reported last night.
Police said a 19-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl were also shot while in a car behind the vehicle those men were in.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Solomon Cash said the child, who was “supposedly one of the deceased persons’ baby”, was shot in the head.
He added that the woman is believed to be an associate of one of the victims. At a press conference at police headquarters attended by Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, National Security Minister Marvin Dames and others last night, Cash said police received reports of the incident shortly before 5 p.m.
“Once the officers arrived on the scene, they met six individuals — one and two [were] on the outside of a silver Honda Inspire and three, four, five and six [were] confined to the inside of the Honda Inspire.
“The officers did the preliminary assessment of the scene and discovered that all six victims were shot multiple times and appeared lifeless. Officers also discovered two additional victims — one an adult female victim who survived multiple gunshot wounds and a minor, a two-year-old victim, who also suffered a gunshot wound.”
He said the injured were transported to the Accident and Emergency Department at Princess Margaret Hospital, where they were listed as critical but stable.
Cash said the six victims, who were released from police custody with charges pending in relation to firearm possession, were traveling on Jerome Avenue when four men, dressed in black, exited a white Kia Sportage and opened fire on them.
He said two of the suspects were armed with high-powered assault rifles; the other two were armed with calibrated pistols.
