Grand Bahama police reported yesterday that at about 5:20am, the duty officer at the Police Dispatch Centre in Freeport received a call informing that a man had just been shot at his residence in Lewis Yard.

"As a result, several uniformed and plainclothes units responded to that location accompanied by EMS personnel, where they found the victim, 33-yr-old Benedict Russell, laying on the bedroom floor, bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound to his upper left thigh," Mr. Rahming said.

According to Mr. Rahming, Mr. Russell told officers that he had been in his bed asleep when some unknown person fired shots through the bedroom window, one of which struck him in the thigh.

He was transported to the Trauma Section at the Rand Memorial Hospital, where he received emergency medical treatment and was reported on Sunday to be resting in stable condition.

Detectives have launched an intensive investigation into this incident, to identify and apprehend the person or persons, responsible for this crime, Mr. Rahming said.


BY BRENT DEAN