Another man shot dead

Fri, Apr 25th 2014, 09:56 AM

A man, 41, was shot dead in a drive-by shooting on St. Charles Vincent Street Wednesday night, marking the third murder in fewer than 48 hours on New Providence.
Superintendent Paul Rolle, head of the Central Detective Unit, said the victim and a friend were walking north along St. Charles Vincent Street when the occupants of a yellow Honda began shooting.
Rolle said the man was shot several times, but the pair managed to run through an alley near Ebenezer Mission Baptist Church and onto Homestead Street.
However, the man collapsed and was taken to hospital by emergency medical services personnel.
The victim, whose identity has not been released, died in hospital.
Rolle said police arrested three men, 29, 23 and 21, and a woman, 21, in connection with that incident late Wednesday night.
Just hours before, a man was shot and killed in the front yard of a residence on Dunmore Street, off Market Street.
Police identified him yesterday as Renaldo Braynen, 24, of Toote Shop Corner.
Braynen was reportedly standing in the front yard with a group of men when a gunman shot him around 12:20 p.m.
Rolle said police were still searching for the shooter in that incident and he appealed to the public for any information.
On Tuesday, police said a man was at his Jacaranda Street home shortly after 11 p.m. when a silver Nissan Altima drove up and its occupants opened fire.
Police identified the victim yesterday as Tyrone Beneby, 29, of Pinewood Gardens.
Police said Beneby was walking out of his home to enter a waiting car driven by a woman.
He also died in hospital.
Police arrested four men in connection with the incident hours later.
Rolle said there was no evidence to suggest that the shootings were related.
Several recent killings involved men who were either with or meeting up with a female friend, according to police.
Asked whether the women may have been a source of motivation for any of those crimes, Rolle said, "We don't want to draw any conclusions without facts.
"What we need to establish is why these incidents happened, but we do not have anything at this stage to suggest anything like that."
The latest incident pushed the murder count for 2014 up to 36, according to The Nassau Guardian's records.
Up to April 23, 2013, there were 34 recorded murders in The Bahamas.

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