Detective Chief Inspector Arthur Glasford – Over the last four weeks there have been four firearm incidents within a 1.5 mile radius of each other, where unscrupulous gunmen discharged firearms indiscriminately and put the lives of innocent individuals in those environments at risk.

As many will recall, gunshots were fired in the following neighbourhoods recently:

Roberts Avenue, Devonshire (around 11:50pm Thursday, September 20th) resulting in one man being shot and injured.

Friswells Hill, Pembroke (around 10:40pm Tuesday, October 2nd) – no reported injuries.

Curving Avenue, Pembroke area (around 9:40pm Sunday, October 14th) – no reported injuries.

Happy Valley Lane, Pembroke (around 11:45pm Sunday, October 21st) – no reported injuries.

The Community Action Team will be out today to speak with residents of the most recently affected neighbourhood and provide community reassurance. Community Action Team officers performed the same duties following the earlier shootings.

Such incidents create angst in these densely populated communities where hard-working Bermudian families live and the Bermuda Police Service is appealing to anyone that may have information that may assist in any one of these shootings.

We would like to be very specific.

If you have any information about the planning, which includes but is not limited to, individuals who are establishing transportation (i.e. stolen vehicles), securing the firearms and ammunition, as well as planning the location of a shooting before the event.

During the event – anyone who saw anything suspicious, including description of suspect(s) height, weight, clothing etc., the suspect(s) direction of travel and vehicle used.

After the event – if you have any information on where the offender(s) went or if you know how the offender(s) made good their escape.

Anyone with any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you, is urged to contact myself, Chief Inspector Arthur Glasford, at the Serious Crime Unit on 247-1174.

Alternatively, anonymous calls can be made to the independent and confidential Crime Stoppers hotline 800-8477 and anonymous tips can be sent via the Crime Stoppers Bermuda website www.crimestoppers.bm.