By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Thursday 8th November 2018)-Police are reporting that a young man was shot and injured following an incident in Lower Monkey Hill, St. Peter’s around midnight, and that the matter has been ruled an attempted murder.
Injured is 32-year-old Ian Pemberton.
Reportedly, police received information regarding a shooting incident at about 12:40 AM today.
The officers visited the scene as well as the JNF Hospital where they met Pemberton with multiple gunshot wounds about the body.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Pemberton was inside a building on the premises where his car wash business is located when an unknown armed assailant approached the building and fired a number of gunshots at him.
Reportedly, he was shot several times about the body. He was transported to the JNF Hospital here he is listed as being in a stable condition.
Police are making an appeal to anyone who might have any information in relation to this incident to call the Violent Crimes Unit at 467-1887, 467-1888, or 662-3468 or their nearest Police Station. Investigations into the matter are ongoing.
This media house understands that in the two-storey building which houses the young man’s business at the downstairs level, the constituency office of political candidate Dr. Terrance Drew of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party is situated at the top level.
