Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspected gunman Omari Gordon.

Joanne MacPhee, Crime Stoppers Bermuda Chairperson said that amount is $3,000 higher than the organisation typically awards persons who provide Police with useful tips.

However because it has been alleged that a gun was used, Mrs MacPhee said the organisation need to do its part in helping to apprehend Gordon as the manhunt enters the seventh day.

She said: “We have taken the back seat, but the Police have come to us now and we need to take it to the next level. Usually it’s $2,000 the maximum we pay, but because it is a firearm we were able to increase it.

“We made this decision this afternoon in consultation with the Police Service. It came, I think, out of their frustration of not being able to apprehend this individual.

“We think this may offer an incentive when this is a time of struggle for people.”

She encouraged the public to call the the CrimeStoppers hotline which is run by Dadeland Police in Florida with whatever information they felt comfortable passing on.

The hotline is completely confidential and there is no way to track the information back to the caller. The Florida officers will pass on only the important details to Bermuda Police.

Since the alleged shooting near the junction of King Street and Reid Street on Saturday morning, the Police have stepped up their manhunt, warning whoever is helping Gordon could face prison time.

The soon-to-be-father, is said to have grown up in 42nd Street and locals have connected him with gang activity in the area — but they describe him as a follower rather than a ringleader.

Police, and even his mother, have urged Gordon, 26, to give himself up. Emergency Response Team officers have been carrying firearms as they hunt for him.

Mrs. MacPhee said CrimeStoppers was adding its voice to these pleas, insisting that the public cannot be complacent at a time like this.

“The public need to outraged,” she stated. “They need to take responsibility now before (the gun) is used to harm someone. If that individual was able to open fire, it means he will do it again.

“And the next time he uses it he could use it on an innocent person. There is more than one person out there that knows where this man is now, and they can call CrimeStoppers.”

Anyone with information should contact CrimeStoppers hotline on 1-800-623-8477, or the Serious Crime Unit on 299-4315.