The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

A 34-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot multiple times Sunday night while “hanging clothes on a line”, police said.

This latest homicide brings the year’s murder count to 101 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

Police also reported yesterday that they were investigating two other shootings that had sent two men and a woman to hospital.

According to police, shortly after 9pm Sunday the murder victim, who sources have identified as Valentino “Yogi” Lighbourne, was hanging out clothing at the rear of his residence at Lightbourne and Seymour Streets in Yellow Elder Gardens, when he was shot in his leg and abdomen by a man armed with a handgun.

The man fled on foot in nearby bushes. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information on this murder is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.

Last Thursday, the country’s murder count moved into triple digits after Shavaz Wray, 21, died at the Central Detective Unit following an early morning shooting in the Soldier Road area.

Wray’s killing came nearly two weeks after his brother, 20-year-old Shaquan Wray, was gunned down in a similar manner.

Police also reported yesterday that three people were shot in two separate incidents.

Shortly after 11:30am, a man and woman were at a their Rupert Dean Lane home when a man armed with a handgun shot the woman in her left arm and the man in his arm and thigh before fleeing on foot. The victims were taken to hospital, where they are listed in stable condition.

The second incident occurred shortly before 1pm. Police said a man was at his Montel Heights home, when the occupants of a silver coloured Honda pulled up and shot him in his foot before speeding off. The victim was taken to hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.

Investigations are continuing.

Two weeks ago, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said the government had formulated new crime-fighting strategies. He said the National Security Council of the Bahamas, chaired by Prime Minister Perry Christie, had agreed to new initiatives aimed at curbing the recent spike in certain types of criminal activity in New Providence.

However, officials have not released the details of these plans.