Police attached to the Major Crime Unit (MCU) and at the Biabou Police Station in the South Central Division have launched investigations into three (3) separate incidents.
(1)
About 3:50 am on 5.12.2020, a group of three (3) individuals (two males and one female) left a popular night club in Arnos Vale and were heading towards a motor vehicle that was parked inside the yard of the night club. While walking towards the vehicle, an unknown assailant approached the group and fired several shots at them. The three individuals sustained gunshot injuries about their bodies. The victims are in stable condition. The motive for the shootings is unknown.
(2)
About 7:50 pm on 5.12.2020, Malachi Cyrus, 21 years Data Entry Clerk of Largo Height was sitting on a wall in Largo Height among a group of persons when a masked gunman appeared and shot Cyrus. He was taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) where he succumbed to his injuries.
Cyrus’ death marks the 30th homicide recorded for 2020. A postmortem examination will be conducted on the body to ascertain the exact cause of death.
One suspect is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
(3)
Police at the Biabou Police Station have launched an investigation into the death of Ron Maloney, 50 years Carpenter of Cedars. On 6.12.2020 about midday, Maloney’s partially decomposed body was found hanging from the ceiling of his living room at his home in Cedars. On 6.12.2020, an acquaintance of the deceased visited him and found the doors and windows of the house locked but; a foul odour was coming from inside of the house. The Biabou police were alerted and later visited the scene. The police forced open the house door and discovered the body hanging from the ceiling by a rope.
Maloney was last seen alive on 4.12.2020.