Police are investigating a shooting incident in Castries Friday afternoon (Oct. 18) that has left one person nursing injuries. CLICK HERE to read the updated story.

According to police reports, a security guard was shot and injured during a robbery at a gas station in Balata.

The victim is so far known as ‘Bruce’.

No additional were immediately available.

We will provide more information in a subsequent report.

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Police officials have confirmed that a Guardsman security guard who was shot during a robbery in Balata, Castries on Friday afternoon (Oct. 18), is dead.

Police said he has been identified as Paul Bruce of La Clery, Castries.

The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. at a gas station in Balata.

Police have also confirmed that the security guard’s firearm was stolen during the incident.

According to reports, the security guard was shot in the back of the head before the gas station was robbed of an undisclosed sum of cash.

“The guys went there to kill, immediately on arrival one shot the guard in the head and another was standing at the door in mask holding a long handgun,” one person wrote on social media.

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Another said: “There was talk they stole his handgun as well, I wouldn’t be surprised that they killed him just for the gun let alone rob the gas station.” Police have confirmed that the guard’s occupational firearm was stolen.

A frequent customer told St. Lucia News Online that Bruce always “sits upstairs the other building looking down at the gas station”.

“Looks like the robbers were watching him and as he probably came down they shot him from behind. He probably didn’t even check what’s going on,” the source said. “He does be upstairs the building next to the gas station. I don’t know if he was there and when he came down they shot him or he was making rounds.”

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Reports from other sources indicate that after hearing the explosion, an employee decided to investigate, thinking initially that children were bursting bamboo.

When the worker got to the door, he reportedly saw the gunmen and immediately tried to close the door, but they still managed to get inside.

At least two of the robbers were armed — one with a “pump rifle,” one source told St. Lucia News Online.

“They asked him (worker) for the money, he gave them what was in the register and they asked for the rest like they knew what was there,” the source said.

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A 58-year-old man has been hospitalised following a knife/machete attack in La Borne, Gros Islet on Friday evening (Oct. 18), police said.

Francis Louis of La Borne sustained a wound to the neck shortly before 8 p.m., police said.

Louis was transported to hospital by ambulance.

His medical status was not immediately available.

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A body of a male was discovered with a suspected mark of violence in Aupicon, Vieux Fort Saturday morning (Oct. 19), according to police sources.

The body has a wound to the chest area, sources said.

It is believed that the deceased is from Aupicon.

No additional information was available.

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Saint Lucia police officials are investigating the country’s 40th homicide for the year.

The lifeless body of 45-year-old Titus Joseph was discovered in Aupicon, Vieux Fort just before 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, police said.

He was found in a gap near the Aupicon roadside with suspected stab wounds to the neck and head, police said.

No additional details were available.

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The security guard was on duty when he was fatally shot.

Police officials have confirmed that a Guardsman security guard who was fatally shot during an armed robbery at a gas station in Balata, Castries on Friday, Oct. 18, was a Jamaican national.

Police said the deceased, Paul Bruce, resided in La Clery, Castries but he was originally from Jamaica.

” R.I.P to this gentleman who migrated to St. Lucia for a better life and lost his,” a blogger commented on Facebook.

Bruce was on duty at the gas station when he was shot in the back of the head when armed individuals stormed the establishment around 4 p.m.

He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

According to reports, the culprits killed the Jamaican guard before robbing the gas station of an undisclosed amount of cash.

About three individuals carried out the attack and at least two were carrying firearms, reports indicated.

The security guard’s firearm was stolen, police said.

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A man from Jetrine, Saltibus was injured in an early morning shooting on Saturday (Oct. 19) in his community, an emergency official said.

The victim, who is 29 years old, sustained a gunshot wound to his left arm.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.

He is currently in stable condition after being transported to the hospital by ambulance.

Emergency officials received the call at 2:45 a.m.

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An emergency official said a man who was chopped in the neck in La Borne, Gros Islet on Friday evening (Oct. 18) is currently in stable condition at a hospital.

The official said the victim, 58-year-old Francis Louis of La Borne, had a close call with death.

Louis, according to police, was injured during a knife/machete incident, shortly before 8 p.m.

He was transported via ambulance to Victoria Hospital.

No additional details were immediately available.

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Jamaican Paul Bruce

Sources said the Jamaican security guard who was fatally shot during a robbery while on duty at the Balata Gas Station in Castries on Friday evening, was a nice person and he was planning to bring his family to live with him in Saint Lucia.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a woman told St. Lucia News Online that she knew Paul Bruce for two years when both were employees of Secure St. Lucia, a local security firm.

Bruce was reportedly on duty for Guardsman when he was killed around 4 p.m. Friday.

There have been no reports of an arrest, and no one was else was harmed in the incident.

“He was a very nice man,” the former coworker said. “He would never pass me and don’t call.”

She said as far as she knows, he got along well with his coworkers and customers.

The last time she spoke to Bruce was earlier this year.

“Sometime this year he asked me about my kids and hope they doing well,” she recalled.

Bruce was shot in the back of the head, before at least three individuals stormed into the gas station’s ‘shop’ and robbed the establishment of an undisclosed amount of money, according to reports.

At least two of the individuals were armed, reports indicate.

Bruce was pronounced dead at a hospital and his firearm was stolen, police said.

“That hurting me to see how they killed him,” the former coworker said, adding that she wished he had a chance to defend himself.

St. Lucia News Online understands that Bruce, who resided at La Clery, Castries, had plans to move his family to Saint Lucia.

A source who claims to know the deceased, more so his work colleagues, said: “He was expecting his partner (girlfriend) to migrate here (Saint Lucia) today (Saturday, Oct. 19) to live with him. She was supposed to have landed here today but this is unfortunate. He has been trying hard to move his family here and he got the chance and he died the day before it happened.”

Asked if Bruce had any children, the source said: “That I’m not sure of but I know his girlfriend was coming in today.”

The news has also affected many St. Lucians as they expressed their condolences on Facebook.

“R.I.P to this gentleman who migrated to St. Lucia for a better life and lost his,” one person said.

Another said: “RIP Bruce it was just yesterday you was alive never knowing that the wicked heart people was going to take your life gone too soon but never forgotten God will fight for you God knows best sleep on Bruce Paul sleep on it hurt so much but what to god knows.”

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Police have arrested three individuals in connection with an armed robbery report, according to law enforcement sources and media reports.

The robbery occurred in Dennery and was reported to the Richfond Police Station, but details about that incident were not immediately available.

However, reports are that around 2 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 19), a vehicle with the suspects on board, was stopped and searched by police in Trois Piton, Castries

A firearm with ammunition was discovered by the lawmen. A quantity of cash was also found.

The three individuals — all males — were subsequently placed into police custody.

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A senior citizen was the victim of a stabbing in Bocage, Castries last weekend, according to law enforcement and emergency officials.

He has been identified as 67-year-old Vincent Isidore of Bocage, officials told St. Lucia News Online.

Isidore sustained multiple stab wounds on Friday, Oct. 18.

Emergency personnel from Castries headquarters responded to the incident at 8:06 p.m.

The circumstances surrounding the stabbing were not immediately available.

He was transported by ambulance to a hospital. His medical status is unknown at this time.

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Dead: Burke Baptiste

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Burke Baptiste of Richfond in Dennery, police said at a press briefing on Tuesday, October 22.

Baptiste, also known as Max, was found with a suspected gunshot wound to the head in a secluded area in La Caye, Dennery on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, according to reports.

Police Press Officer, Acting Corporal 806 Ann Joseph, told the briefing that 18-year-old Jallix Howell of Morne Panache, Dennery was “arrested and charged for causing the death” of Baptiste on Friday, October 18, and remanded into police custody until November 21, 2019.

Joseph said a 17-year-old from Dennery, was also arrested on Tuesday, October 22 “in connection with his murder”.

The 17-year-old was also found in possession of a .380 pistol and seven rounds of ammunition, Joseph said.

“He is presently still in custody awaiting charges,” Joseph added.

Burke, a jet ski operator, was last seen alive on Monday night, October 14 with friends, according to reports.

The Richfond Police Station responded around 8 a.m. Tuesday, October 15.

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Police officer Sheldon Leon (left) and his son Shalomn Cyril, who was gunned down in Soufriere in October 2019.

Two men have been charged in connection with the shooting incident in Soufriere earlier this month that left the son of a policeman dead and another male injured, police said in a press briefing on Tuesday, October 22.

Police Press Officer, Acting Corporal Ann Joseph, told reporters that 25-year-old Noah Alex Valcin, alias Alleck, of Baron’s Drive, Soufriere, and 26-year-old Scion Gills of New Development, Soufriere were on Friday, October 18 “charged for causing the death of Shalomn Cyril and the attempted murder of Sheldon Lucien”.

The incident reportedly occurred around 1 a.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2019, on Bridge Street in Soufriere.

Joseph said Valcin and Gills appeared in court where they were ordered remanded into police custody until their next court appearance on November 27, 2019.

According to reports reaching St. Lucia News Online, shots were fired after a fight broke out during an event in Soufriere.

Witnesses claimed that the deceased, Shalomn Cyril, 19, was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

“There were witnesses. Almost everyone who was there saw what happened and who did it. So sad because he was not involved at all in the altercation that occurred,” one alleged witness wrote on social media.

Cyril’s father, Sheldon Leon, a member of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, said he is determined to get justice for his son.

“Rest in peace Shalomn but I will not rest even if it has to cost me my life. Justice for Shalomn Justice I will not rest,” he wrote on his Facebook profile page.

A candle vigil for Shalomn Cyril is scheduled to be held on November 1 at Fond Bernier Park in Soufriere, starting at 5 p.m., Danny Cyril announced on Facebook.

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From left: Kervin Hutchinson, Sherquille Rosemaine, and Earnie Charles

Two of the three men who were arrested for possession of a firearm and ammunition during the investigation of an armed robbery in Dennery over the weekend were on bail for similar offences, law enforcement sources said.

Police said Earnie Charles, 43, of Grande Riviere, Gros Islet; Kervin Hutchinson, 42, of Wilton’s Yard, Castries; and Sherquille Rosemaine, 26, of Rockhall, Castries were charged for the unlawful possession of a .38 special revolver and two rounds of ammunition without a valid license after being pursued by officers attached to the Castries traffic unit on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Trois Pitons, Castries.

The men were occupants of a silver Honda Civic, registration number 1908, police said.

The officers were alerted to the trio after an alleged robbery in Dennery that occurred the same day the men were intercepted by the police.

Sources told St. Lucia News Online that Charles and Hutchinson were on bail for a previous firearm charge. That incident occurred in August this year, but further details were not immediately available.

“They (the trio) are currently before the court so they have not made a bail application,” Police Press Officer, Acting Corporal Ann Joseph, told a press briefing on Tuesday, October 22.

It is not known if the men have since made bail application.

A quantity of cash was also seized during the operation in which the firearm and ammunition were recovered.

Joseph could not confirm if the monies were proceeds from the Dennery robbery.

She explained: “There are suspicions in relation to that because the robbery in Dennery, a quantity of money was taken from the individual but we are not in a position to confirm that. As I said, they have only been charged thus far for the possession of the firearm and ammunition. So the investigation as it relates to the robbery is still ongoing. They have not been charged for that but they were detained in the first instance in connection with that robbery.”

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A man who was being sought for the alleged rape of a 105-year-old woman has been killed by the police, law enforcement officials have confirmed.

The suspect, Miguel Edward, alias Mad Max, was fatally shot by the police in the Rodney Bay Marina around noon today (Saturday, November 2).

It is alleged that Edward was attempting to flee to Martinique and pulled a weapon on the officers.

Reports are that Edward allegedly attacked the centenarian at her home around 4 a.m. today.

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Law enforcement sources have confirmed a stabbing incident in the city of Castries on Friday, November 1, 2019, that left one male nursing an injury.

The victim has been identified as Darcien Etienne, a 30-year-old of Dennery.

Sources told St. Lucia News Online that Etienne sustained a stab wound to his back at Jeremie Street, Castries.

The incident occurred around 8 p.m.

Etienne was transported to Victoria Hospital via ambulance, however, his medical status has not been ascertained.

No additional information is available.

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The victim was shot as he reached home and was heading upstairs to his apartment, according to reports.

A man was injured in a drive-by shooting at his home in Balata, Castries on Sunday evening (November 3), according to reports from law enforcement officials and residents.

The victim, who is a cashew nut vendor in Castries, had just arrived home, around 7:20 p.m., when shots were fired at him from a vehicle.

The victim was shot at the bottom of his steps shortly after coming out of his vehicle, according to reports.

His wife, who was with him, was unharmed.

“His wife was on the vehicle with him but he got out first,” a source said.

The victim’s daughter transported him to a hospital where he underwent immediate surgery. His current medical status is unknown.

Sources believe the victim was trailed home by his attacker/s.

A resident told St. Lucia News Online that about six gunshots were heard.

We will provide an update as soon as we get more information.

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There have been reports of stabbing incidents in Gros Islet and Micoud.

Details are sketchy at this time, but reports reaching St. Lucia News Online indicate that both incidents occurred earlier in the afternoon.

In the Gros Islet incident, the victim was reportedly transported to a medical facility by the police.

In the Anse Ger, Micoud incident, the victim was reportedly transported by an ambulance.

We will provide updates as soon as we obtain more information.

You can also reach us on Whatsapp at +1758 712 6700 if you have any information.

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A man is nursing stab wounds as a result of an incident that occurred in Anse Ger, Micoud on Monday, according to law enforcement sources.

The victim has been identified as Erwin Joseph, 25, of Anse Ger.

Joseph sustained stab wounds to his right elbow and neck, around 4 p.m.

He was transferred by ambulance to St. Jude Hospital.

His current medical status has not been ascertained and the circumstances surrounding the stabbing were not immediately available.

This is the second reported stabbing incident for the day.

A male sustained stab wounds at a funeral in Gros Islet on Monday.

We will provide more details on the Gros Islet incident in a subsequent report.

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A bullying incident on a school bus in Saint Lucia about a month ago.

(PRESS RELEASE) — The Department of the Public Service launched its first-ever “Say No to Bullying Campaign” on Monday, Nov. 4, at the Public Service Training Division at Union.

Under the theme, “Together Let’s Stop Bullying”, the main purpose of the campaign is to provide pertinent information on how to recognize, address and resolve incidents of workplace bullying.

The “Say No to Bullying Campaign” is being spearheaded by the Public Service Training Division, and will involve a series of workshops during the week of November 4 to November 8, 2019, targeted at permanent secretaries, deputy permanent secretaries, other heads of departments/sections and human resource officers.

The designated colour for the “Say No to Bullying Campaign” is royal blue and officers are invited to wear something blue during the course of the week in support of the campaign.

On Friday, November 8, 2019, a tent will be erected at the Greaham Louisy Car Park where resourced personnel will be present to engage the public on the emotional impact of bullying and how to deal with situations associated with bullying in the workplace.

Also on that day, all public officers wearing blue will gather on the staircase leading to Barnard Hill for a photo-shoot at 3 p.m.

The Public Service Training Division has committed to making the “Say No to Bullying Campaign” an annual event.

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