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Media Relations Dept.
Police Headquarters
P.O. Box HM 530
Tel: (441) 299-4249/4291/4321
Fax: (441) 299-4322
E-mail: Police Media Relations

Date:Saturday, November 07,2009
Distribution: All Media

Shooting in Middletown

Around 6pm today, Police responded to a report of gunshots in the area of King Street and Middletown Lane in Pembroke. As a result, a 24 year old Pembroke man and a 31 year old Devonshire man are being treated at KEMH for gunshot wounds.

Inquiries into this incident are underway. Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information to contact Acting Chief Inspector Calvin Smith at the Serious Crime Unit on 295-0011. We are particularly interested in speaking with anyone who may have been in the King Street/Middletown Lane area between 4pm and 6pm Friday and saw anyone acting suspiciously.

Alternatively, anyone with any information can call the confidential Crime Stoppers hotline on 800-8477 or submit an anonymous tip via the Crime Stoppers Bermuda website www.crimestoppers.bm.

All incidents are under investigation. Police are appealing to members of the public who have witnessed these incidents or may have information pertaining to them to contact their respective Police Station, Police Headquarters at 295-0011 or the confidential Crimestoppers Hotline on 1 (800) 623-8477.

Public & Media Relations Department