By:Erasmus Williams
Basseterre, St Kitts, February 26, 2019 – Two persons are in police custody following Monday’s murder – the 8th for 2019 in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Police said two persons who were not named are assisting with investigations into the shooting death of 30-year-old Shavaughn “Chronic” Hendricks of Lime Kiln Housing.
Hendricks was killed “by a lone gunman while working in his area,” police said.
Hendricks, is the seventh male gunned down in a killing spree that began with a double murder on February 8 when two cousins died in a hail of bullets.
Of the recorded 11 shooting incidents between February 8 and February 25, seven males are dead plunging families and communities into mourning.
Nine other males have been injured in an intensified shooting spree.