The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

POLICE are "going through a process of elimination" to find the man responsible for the country's seventh homicide for 2012.

Superintendent Paul Rolle, head of the Central Detective Unit, said police are following significant leads in the murder of Wing Hong Chan, 45.

"We are still actively investigating this homicide. We have taken a number of persons into custody over the past week. We have been going through the process of elimination and have released all of the men but one. That man is still being questioned," he said,

"No one has been charged but we have significant leads in the case. A lot of information has been surfacing that I am not at liberty to reveal. However, we are confident that we will be able to solve this murder in short order."

Mr Chan was shot and killed during an armed robbery at his Village Road home on January 23.

He had just returned home after celebrating the Chinese New Year with family and friends when he was approached by a gunman around 3.30am.

The man robbed Mr Chan of his cell phone before shooting him and fleeing the area.

He was rushed to the hospital but died a short time later.

The Tribune understands Mr Chan was an employee of VIP Chinese restaurant and is also related to one of the owners.

One day after his death, the Chinese Embassy put its citizens in the Bahamas on alert.

A statement issued by the Embassy advised its citizens "to pay due care and attention to their personal safety and security" while engaged in their daily activities.

Police released a composite sketch of a man they want to question in connection with this murder.

The suspect is believed to be in his mid-20s and is described as being of medium brown complexion, slim build and six feet tall.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 919, the Central Detective Unit on 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 328-TIPS.