"Wanted" posters remain up all over town but eight months after he disappeared, Police have admitted that suspected gunman-on-the-run Omari Gordon has fled the Island.

The 27-year-old is suspected to have shot at Police officers following a dramatic chase across the back of town in the early hours of Saturday November 29 last year.

Police initially told the media they believed someone was helping him hide, and urged the public to come forward with information about his whereabouts.

They later issued "wanted" posters and offered a $5,000 reward for assistance.

Officers received information suggesting that he may be on the Island and also that he'd fled overseas.

However, asked for an update this week, Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Wright confirmed: "He's left Bermuda and he hasn't come back.

"We have some information where he's been and travelled and things.

"He's not here and we haven't got to the point where we can issue extradition proceedings for instance. Our current information is that he's residing overseas but we haven't got any specific information as to what his current address is."

Mr. Wright said Gordon is understood to have left Bermuda: "Shortly afterwards within weeks of the offence. It's still subject to an investigation. For us, he's a person of interest wanted in connection with an inquiry."

The incident happened at 3 a.m. after Police approached a motorcyclist believed to be Gordon as he drove very slowly with his lights off on Reid Street.

He sped off, leading officers on a chase across the back of town that ended in Middletown.

He then ditched his bike and ran up an embankment, firing a single shot at three officers as they ran after him.

It is thought Gordon described by locals as a gang member but a follower rather than a ringleader had been on a mission of revenge against a rival who stabbed him in a fight some months before.

Mr. Wright urged anyone with information that could assist the Police to call the confidential Crime Stoppers hot line on 1-800-623-8477 or the main Police switchboard number, 295-0011.