NASSAU, BAHAMAS-  The two American women who were allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in Freeport Grand Bahamain claimed that the Royal Bahamas Police Force "failed" them.

Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dodson claimed that following the alleged rape they had to demand a rape kit and also alleged that they tested positive for multiple drugs that were put inside their beverages while visiting the beach.

They claimed that their alleged attackers were workers at a local resort and alleged that they were drugged. Their interview aired last night on LEX 18, a news station in Lexington Kentucky.

Police have arrested two men, a 54-year-old of Eight Mile Rock and a 40-year-old male from South Bahamia for the alleged incident.

ANOTHER bloody weekend saw two men and a woman murdered, bringing the murder count to 17 for the year.

Despite the soaring murder rate, Chief Superintendent of Police Chrislyn Skippings insisted the country is still safe. “These incidents are isolated incidents,” she told reporters after the first of two fatal shootings yesterday. “These are incidents involving direct conflict with individuals and you hear me say it over and repeatedly, you got to find a better way to resolve your conflict. Violence is not the answer.” The country’s 17th murder victim was gunned down at the corner of South Street and Hospital Lane around 7pm yesterday. CSP Skippings said officers responded to reporters and found a small blue car fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. They chased the car but it evaded police in the Poinciana area. She said the female victim is presumed to be in her mid-20s and is a resident of the south-western district off Carmichael Road. A few hours before the woman was killed, a 21-year-old man was shot dead and another man was hospitalised in critical condition. The incident occurred shortly before 2pm yesterday within the Pinewood Gardens community. CSP Skippings said the victim, a resident of Grand Bahama, was on the island to attend the funeral of a relative who was murdered last year. “I can say to you that we are actively pursuing two males who are responsible for this incident, who were in a Nissan vehicle,” she said. “One of the males was armed with a high-powered weapon, the other with a handgun, and they opened fire on the two males, which resulted in one of the males succumbing to his injuries on scene.” The other man who was shot, aged 31, sustained gunshot injuries to his upper torso and remains in critical condition. CSP Skippings said the victims are not known to police. Meanwhile, shortly after 8pm Friday night, a 40-year-old man died following a shooting in the vicinity of Market Street and West End Avenue. The victim was standing on West End Avenue when the occupants of a white Japanese vehicle approached and discharged multiple gunshots in his direction, resulting in him receiving gunshot wounds to his upper torso. Last week, the Davis administration released its crime plan in response to the soaring murder rate, but the opposition called it a “glossy brochure” with vague details and recycled information.

Despite the soaring murder rate, Chief Superintendent of Police Chrislyn Skippings insisted the country is still safe.

“These incidents are isolated incidents,” she told reporters after the first of two fatal shootings yesterday. “These are incidents involving direct conflict with individuals and you hear me say it over and repeatedly, you got to find a better way to resolve your conflict. Violence is not the answer.”

The country’s 17th murder victim was gunned down at the corner of South Street and Hospital Lane around 7pm yesterday.

CSP Skippings said officers responded to reporters and found a small blue car fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. They chased the car but it evaded police in the Poinciana area.

She said the female victim is presumed to be in her mid-20s and is a resident of the south-western district off Carmichael Road.

A few hours before the woman was killed, a 21-year-old man was shot dead and another man was hospitalised in critical condition. The incident occurred shortly before 2pm yesterday within the Pinewood Gardens community.

CSP Skippings said the victim, a resident of Grand Bahama, was on the island to attend the funeral of a relative who was murdered last year.

“I can say to you that we are actively pursuing two males who are responsible for this incident, who were in a Nissan vehicle,” she said.

“One of the males was armed with a high-powered weapon, the other with a handgun, and they opened fire on the two males, which resulted in one of the males succumbing to his injuries on scene.”

The other man who was shot, aged 31, sustained gunshot injuries to his upper torso and remains in critical condition. CSP Skippings said the victims are not known to police.

Meanwhile, shortly after 8pm Friday night, a 40-year-old man died following a shooting in the vicinity of Market Street and West End Avenue.

The victim was standing on West End Avenue when the occupants of a white Japanese vehicle approached and discharged multiple gunshots in his direction, resulting in him receiving gunshot wounds to his upper torso.

Last week, the Davis administration released its crime plan in response to the soaring murder rate, but the opposition called it a “glossy brochure” with vague details and recycled information.

 

Police are investigating after two men were shot dead in separate incidents on Wednesday.

In the first incident, at around 11.20am, gunshots were heard around Pineyard Road. A concerned citizen, who came outside and made a check of the boundary of his yard, discovered an unresponsive man on a track road. EMS personnel responded and said the man had multiple gunshot injuries. He died at the scene. Police said a dark coloured vehicle reportedly left the area at high speed. Then, shortly after noon, the driver of a small Japanese vehicle was at the intersection of Parkgate Road and Village road when a silver Japanese vehicle pulled alongside and opened fire, striking the driver multiple times. The driver, who was on bail for murder and had a case that was scheduled to begin on Monday, died at the scene.

In the first incident, at around 11.20am, gunshots were heard around Pineyard Road. A concerned citizen, who came outside and made a check of the boundary of his yard, discovered an unresponsive man on a track road. EMS personnel responded and said the man had multiple gunshot injuries. He died at the scene.

Police said a dark coloured vehicle reportedly left the area at high speed.

Then, shortly after noon, the driver of a small Japanese vehicle was at the intersection of Parkgate Road and Village road when a silver Japanese vehicle pulled alongside and opened fire, striking the driver multiple times.

The driver, who was on bail for murder and had a case that was scheduled to begin on Monday, died at the scene.

 

THE Davis administration said it would increase pay and benefits to legal officers to attract and retain top talent and hire more prosecutors to manage the demands of the justice system -- two of many steps it hopes will help reduce crime after 2024 began with eleven murders in two weeks.