The mother of a man injured in a drive-by shooting last night told how her son cradled his dying best friend in his arms.

Mikey Adams did not realise he had also been hit until he tried to get up to seek help for his friend, Kenwandee Robinson.

Mr. Robinson, 27, was killed when two men on a motorbike barrelled down St. Monica's Road, Pembroke, at 2.45 p.m. on Friday, spraying bullets as they passed. He was pronounced dead at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital that evening.

Mr. Adams, 24, remains in intensive care after a bullet lodged in his chest just two inches from his heart.

Last night his tearful mother urged the young men of Bermuda to "stop the violence".

"They are destroying families," said Ms Adams, who is also a cousin of Aquil Richardson, the 30-year-old shot dead in Camp Hill, Southampton, on Boxing Day 2007.

"They need to stop the violence. Losing a child like this, it's senseless killing."

Yesterday the family of Mr. Robinson, of Pembroke, were too upset to talk. Mr. Robinson, known as 'Wheels', also leaves a two-year-old son, La'Naiye Simmons.

"It was senseless that boy had to die like that," said Ms Adams. "Kenwandee was a good boy, a really nice kid."

She said Mr. Robinson's mother was "not good at all", while her own son is also trying to come to terms with the death of his best friend.

"He is very upset, his spirits are really down. That was his best friend," said Ms Adams, 52, of Warwick.

"He was holding Kenwandee in his arms and wasn't even aware he was shot until he tried to get up and his friends told him, 'Mikey you're shot too'.

"He was trying to walk and put his mate in the car to try to get him to hospital. That's a distressing thing on his mind. He keeps thinking about when he was holding him and coaching him to hold on, hoping he wasn't going to die.

"The doctor has said he has to start thinking about himself now and getting better, but he keeps breaking down.

"I have to hold him and tell him everything is going to be ok."Right now he is pulling his own, but it's really been a fight for him."The bullet went through his waist right up to his chest, two inches from his heart. He is very lucky."

Ms Adams said she "couldn't believe it" when she heard about another drive-by shooting in Court Street, Hamilton, the following morning."I can't understand why young men would be shooting each other," she said. "It's senseless."The boys up in St. Monica's Road, they are not boys to go out and start fighting. They just sit on 42nd and talk.

They aren't a gang but just the 42nd boys."I lived on St. Monica's for 27 years and only just recently moved, but Mikey has been living up there all his life. I brought all of them up.

We're all a close-knit family on St. Monica's Road."Police have arrested three men in connection with Friday's drive-by shooting.

Just minutes after the incident, more gunfire was reported in the Curving Avenue area of Pembroke, near Middletown.Then on Saturday, three more men were shot in an incident in Court Street, shortly after 9 a.m. They included a shopkeeper at the C & J Discount store, and his son. Police say the men's injuries are "not life-threatening" but have not disclosed any further details about the victims.

They are currently examining CCTV footage of the area, but say all three incidents are gang-related.Superintendent James Howard of the Bermuda Police Service said: "Police are satisfied these events are part of an ongoing feud between two neighbouring criminal gangs."Detective Chief Inspector Antoine Daniels told a press conference on Saturday: "The investigation team now believe those who committed these events this morning are two known gangs, the '42 Crew' up in St. Monica's and 'Middletown'."We don't really know what the reasons are but obviously it's down to bad blood between the two gangs."He added: "The Police can't work in isolation we need the assistance of the public.

But it's a community effort and we need to assist each other if we are to stop this bad behaviour." King Edward VII Memorial Hospital ended its lockdown at 12 noon on Sunday, lifting restricted visiting access.Police are now appealing for witnesses to the shootings.

They want to hear from:l Anyone who was in or around the area of St. Monica's Road between 2 p.m.-3 p.m. on Friday; Anyone who saw two men on a motorcycle between 2.30p.m. – 2.40 p.m. in the area and witnessed the firing of shots or other suspicious activity

Anyone in or around the Court Street area between 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Anyone who saw two or three men travelling in a dark car between 8.45 a.m. – 9 a.m. in the area and witnessed any suspicious activity.Anyone with any other information regarding the shootings is urged to contact the Serious Crime Unit on 299 8115 or 295 0011. The confidential CrimeStoppers hotline is: 1 800 623 8477.