The Tribune

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

TWO persons are dead and three others were injured in a shooting on Thursday in the quiet and peaceful community of McLeans Town, East Grand Bahama.

Although police have not confirmed the identity of the deceased men, the victims are believed to be two of three men who were wanted by police for questioning in connection with an attempted murder investigation.

The McLean’s Town settlement - where crime is virtually non-existent - was inundated by police officers of the Eastern District and a team of investigators in Freeport rushed out to the scene, some 35 miles away.

The bodies of the victims were discovered in the area of a graveyard, Inspector Terecita Pinder told the press.

Sometime around 1.23pm, police received a call of a double murder near the McLeans Town Cemetery. Three other persons who were shot were taken to the Rand Memorial Hospital. Their conditions were not known up to press time on Thursday evening.

Police had recently issued an all points bulletin for three men – Carlton Hamilton, Carlos Hamilton, and Shawn Saunders - who they believed could help in an investigation into attempted murder.

Saunders turned himself into the police on Wednesday shortly after 3pm. Carlton and Carlos Hamilton had not been located.

Police investigations are continuing into the incident.

The shootings mark the 14th and 15th homicides on Grand Bahama for the year. The killings also brought the country’s homicide count to 87 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

Anyone with information on this incident or any crime is asked to call the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.