Lawmen are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Monday Apr. 15th, at the Newtown Fisheries Complex in St. Kitts, that claimed the life of one and left another injured.

The incident occurred between 5:30PM and 6PM. Responding to the scene, Police officers observed thirty-one (31)-year-old Shaquille Chumney of East Street, Newtown, sitting near the gazebo with multiple gunshots wounds about the body.

A press release said he was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene. Preliminary inquiries suggest that Mr. Chumney had been accosted and fatally wounded by a single armed assailant who fired several times in his direction.

Neal Nicholls of Gillard Meadows, age fifty-nine (59), sustained a single gunshot wound to one of his ankles, during the attack. He was transported to the JNF General Hospital by a private vehicle where he was treated and later discharged. The Crime Scene Unit of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) processed the scene and collected some items of evidential value.

Should anyone have any information about this or any other criminal matter, you are strongly encouraged to contact the nearest Police station or the Crime Stoppers’ Hotline, 707. This marks SKN’s 9th homicide for 2024 and comes almost 9 days after the Federation recorded its 8th for the year.