THE discovery of the body of a male, found shot dead in a car on the eastern end of Fire Trail Road early yesterday morning, has pushed the country’s murder count to 76 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.
#Police have not released the name of the man, but Tribune sources have identified the victim as 41-year-old Ule “Skank” McKenzie.
#According to police reports, shortly after 2am, officers responded to reports of gunshots being fired in the Fire Trail Road area. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a man in the front seat of a Honda Accord, unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
#Officials pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Police are appealing to the public for assistance in solving the murder. Investigations are continuing.
#This death came after police in Grand Bahama on Friday reclassified what they first thought was a traffic fatality as a homicide.
#Police initially thought that a 31-year-old Williams Town man was killed as a result of a car crash in bushes on Creswell Road early last Thursday morning. However, on further investigation, they confirmed that it was not an accident that resulted in the man’s death.
#Inspector Terecita Pinder of Grand Bahama police reported that stab wounds were discovered in the victim’s upper chest area. An 18-year-old man is helping police in that investigation.
These killings came more than a week after State Minister for National Security Keith Bell said the government is winning the war on crime, even as this year’s murder count outpaces the number recorded last year at this time.
#Speaking in the Senate on June 24, Senator Bell suggested that homicides should not be the sole indicator of how bad the country’s crime situation is.
#“We are winning because we have a comprehensive plan to address crime criminality,” he added. “We have implemented programmes to attack crime and its causes.”
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