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Man Fatally Attacked While Sitting In Shop

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By: Spokesman

 BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (SUNDAY 18th MARCH 2018) – A second young man was killed over the past weekend after being shot last night (Saturday) just hours after a young man was shot and wounded that morning, resulting in the Federation’s seventh homicide for 2018.

Dead is 30-year-old Calvin Archibald who resided in Sandy Point, but is originally from Cayon according to police.

Reportedly, police received a report that a shooting had occurred at about 9:10 p.m. on at Crab Hill.

Investigations so far have revealed that Archibald was sitting in a shop when an unknown assailant shot him multiples times.

The scene was visited by the Crime Scene Unit and items of evidential value were taken into police custody. Investigations into the matter are ongoing.

Persons with information regarding this incident are urged to contact the Violent Crime Unit at the Basseterre Police Station at 465-2241 or their nearest police station.

Archibald’s shooting death This latest shooting takes places after the recorded murder of 41-year-old man Glenville Francis of Newton Ground and the attempted murder of 35-year-old Hanibal Bassue of Taylor’s Village, both attacked last night in their respective communities.

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