A pregnant woman was gunned down a few feet away from the intersection of Prince Charles Drive and Beatrice Drive, in front of a little boy, around 10:30 last night.
Two ambulances showed up at the scene but quickly left after EMS personnel pronounced the woman dead.
The woman was reportedly visiting a man at a building under construction where her car was parked. She became the 91st murder victim in The Bahamas for the year so far.
On July 30, a pregnant woman was one of three people murdered in the Carmichael area.
The identity of last night's murder victim was not immediately known. Police Superintendent Stephen Dean said the motive for the murder was also not known and no one was in custody.
This latest murder comes as police face a decreasing murder detection rate. As the murder count climbs, so is the number of cases that remain under investigation.
Police have closed 38 of the murder cases this year, according to Assistant Commissioner Anthony Ferguson. That's 42 percent of the murder cases for the year so far. But Ferguson said in the next several weeks he expects the detection rate to improve as police get closer to closing a number of the recent murders.
Four months ago when the murder count stood at 40, the police's detection rate was 56 percent, with 23 of those cases closed. But police have faced increased levels of crime since then.
Since April 18, 49 murders have been recorded.
In July alone, there were 20 murders -- the most in any one month in recorded history. So far this month there have been six murders. Last weekend, three people were killed in separate incidents.
On August 12, high school graduate Courtney McKenzie, 17, of Exuma, was stabbed to death allegedly during an argument with a man while at a home in Moss Town.
The following day in New Providence, Stepheno Fowler, 27, of Bain Town, was shot while walking on a track road between West Street and Hospital Lane.
Onieka Johnson, 21, of San Salvador, was stabbed on that island on Sunday. Her body was found at the exclusive Club Med Resort, where she worked as a security guard.
Last year this same time, the murder count stood at 58. The 90th murder of 2010 didn't take place until December 6.
Months ago the Central Detective Unit (CDU) homicide division received additional manpower in response to the increase in murders.
CDU chief, Superintendent Paul Rolle said the number of investigative teams increased from four to six.
Officers from CDU are appealing to anyone with information on any murders that occurred this year or in previous years to contact the police at 911, 919, CDU at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers at 328-TIPS.
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