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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, July 24,2010
Distribution: All Media

Update - Confirmed Firearm Incident in Sandys Parish

From Assistant Commissioner of Police David Mirfield - Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to a confirmed firearm incident that took place around 5:10pm on Friday, near the junction of Somerset Road and Cambridge Road in Sandys parish. The victim, a 44 year old Sandys parish man, remains in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and at last check was in stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit. Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident, particularly:

Anyone who was in the Charing Cross Tavern or the surrounding area around the time of the incident;
Anyone who may have seen a man wearing a white T-shirt on a grey motorcycle riding away from the scene at speed;
Or anyone who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously in the Somerset Road/Cambridge Road area Friday afternoon.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Serious Crime Unit on 299-8121 or the independent confidential Crime Stoppers Bermuda hotline on 800-8477.

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