TEN MONTHS OF MAYHEM
Bermuda has been hit by an unprecedented wave of gun crime since May 22 last year. Here are the details:
Numbers
In 2009 17 people were shot.
In 2010 as of March 21, two people have been murdered and seven people have been wounded.
In 2010, there have been 38 Firearms incidents to date, compared to 92 for all of 2009.
Charges
Cervio Cox, 26, of Clarendon Road, Smith's, denied seven charges including conspiracy to murder and using a firearm to commit an indictable offence in relation to shootings that took place on Court Street in May.
Anthony Levon Swan, 21, was charged yesterday at Magistrates' Court with possessing a firearm, possessing three 9 mm rounds, discharging ammunition, possessing a firearm to endanger lives, shooting at Raymond Troy "Yankee" Rawlins and stealing a motorcycle and driving it recklessly.
Timeline
May 22, 2009: Kenwandee (Wheels) Robinson, 27, was killed when two men on a motorbike barreled down St. Monica's Road, Pembroke, at 2.45 p.m., spraying bullets as they passed. He was pronounced dead at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital that evening. His friend Mikey Adams, 24, was also shot in the chest but survived. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the May 23 and 24 shootings though no one has been charged.
May 23, 2009: Three men were shot in Court Street, all survived their injuries. J-Dun Thompson was hit in the street, while Raymond Burgess, 68, and his son Raymond Burgess, 31, were injured in the C&R Discount Store.
July 22 2009: A 25-year-old man was shot in his upper torso in broad daylight in Warwick near to the junction of Spice Hill Road and Khyber Heights Road at 3 p.m. His name has not been revealed by Police nor has anyone been charged.
August 4, 2009: Nineteen-year-old Damien Morris, of Paget, was shot in the leg after a gunman on a bike sped through Tribe Road No. 5 pelting shots at unsuspecting men as they ran for cover. No one has been charged yet.
September 6, 2009: Richard Gaglio, 62, was shot after two men burst into his home demanding cash before one of them pulled the trigger from almost point blank range. Originally his chances for survival were considered slim but Mr. Gaglio has since recovered.
October 31, 2009: Jah-Lario Samuels-Dill, 21, was hit in the chest on Glebe Road, Pembroke, shortly before 4 p.m. as children play nearby. He ran into a nearby house yelling: "Help me, I've been shot" before collapsing on the floor. Mr. Samuels-Dill undergoes surgery and is released from King Edward VII Memorial Hospital two days later. Two men from Pembroke, aged 29 and 30, were arrested but no one has charged.
November 7, 2009: Jermain Lovell, 31, and Kenneth Caines, 24, are shot in the Rubber Tree area of Middletown at 6 p.m. Police arrest a 26-year-old man from Pembroke in connection with the incident.
November 13, 2009: Shaki Minors, 26, from Pembroke, and Renee Kuchler, 24, from Warwick were shot as they left Southside Cinema, St. David's, at 11.30 p.m. Detectives arrested a 28-year-old man from Pembroke and an 18-year-old from Devonshire. A firearm is also seized in connection with the incident.
December 5, 2009: Kumi Harford was gunned down at 5 a.m. on St. Monica's Road and died shortly after at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
December 15, 2009: Gary (Fingaz) Cann, 22, was murdered outside a private home on Southview Road, Sandys.
December 16, 2009: 25-year-old Quinton Baisden was shot in the hand at 1.35 a.m. near Warwick Lanes Bowling Alley.
December 17,2009: Shane Minors shot dead on Friswell's Hill at 6.30 a.m.
2010
January 3, 2010: Perry Puckerin shot dead at Hamilton Workingmen's Club at 9.30pm.
January 10, 2010: A man was shot in the leg on Park Lane near the junction of St. John's Road in Pembroke at 7.20 p.m.
February 3,2010: A 24-year-old Sandys man was shot in the right hand at 1.15 a. m. in the Scotts Hill area of Somerset, near St. Joseph's Church.
March 20, 2010: James Lawes, 26, (Jamaican) died overnight on Saturday, March 20 after a shooting in Dundonald Street on Friday, March 19. Two other men, Maurice Martin and Robin Stovell, were wounded in the incident.
