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Shots reportedly fired in Long Look

April 28th, 2017 | Tags: gun crime gun play fatal shootings Long Look
Gun shots reportedly rang out in the area of Long Look, on the main island of Tortola, on the evening of April 27, 2017. Photo: VINO/File
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Persons reported to our newsroom of shots fired in the Long Look area, on the main island of Tortola, last evening, April 27, 2017.

According to reports, there was gun play some time around 7:00 PM. No one was reportedly injured in the incident.

Police Information Officer Diane Drayton confirmed that reports were made about alleged shots being heard.

"I can confirm that reports were made to police of the sound of gunfire in the Long Look area."

Gun crime a headache for RVIPF

Gun crime seems to be a headache for the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

Apart from a series of armed robberies, there have been fatal shootings.

As recently as April 16, 2017, a young man, Jefferson Joseph, was gunned down near the CSY Dock in Baughers Bay.

On March 10, 2017 Ashburn A. Dawson aka ‘Ashy’ of Carrot Bay on Tortola was cut down by gun shots close to the Sunday Morning Well.

And on January 6, 2017 businessman Frankly J. Fahie was murdered by a lone gunman in Long Look.

22 Responses to “Shots reportedly fired in Long Look”

  • Just saying (28/04/2017, 10:34) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
    Gun man them gone while
  • ndp (28/04/2017, 10:46) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    The new and improved BVI
    • Concerned (28/04/2017, 12:16) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
      Yup, Great place this new BVI. Along with bad/no sewers, bad roads and inconsiderate officials, we are trying to build an airport to bring in more tourists??? Do you suppose Dr. P. likes the gunfire in his back yard?
    • ndp (28/04/2017, 12:37) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
      Progress!
  • wize up (28/04/2017, 11:24) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    testing!!! testing!!!! 123
  • answer (28/04/2017, 12:07) Like (10) Dislike (3) Reply
    Bring in STOP and SEARCH on a regular basis, if caught with a fire arm 20 years in jail. It will STOP gun crime quickly but the powers that be dont seem to want to stop gun crime.
    • wize up (28/04/2017, 15:12) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ answer: as a business owner I sencond your motion; these days we have been forced to shut shop much earlier because you never when some fool will show up with mask and gun/the sad thing should we poke some gun shot in these criminals were will prosecuted: police not getting the job done!!!!
  • young? (28/04/2017, 12:48) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    jeff wasnt young
  • Yes (28/04/2017, 13:48) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    nothing new
  • Gman (28/04/2017, 13:48) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    don't be alarmed i'm just testing my piece, have a few jobs to do soon
    • terminator (28/04/2017, 18:52) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      @Gman, you have a few jobs to do soon? Hope you don't step in the Terminator path. Only difference? I am here to protect the public from people like you. I got my eyes on you.
  • Gun Play (28/04/2017, 14:57) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is not play. choose your words more wisely. this belittles the fact that people are being murdered and robbed.
  • wize up (28/04/2017, 15:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ Glam: don't forget that WD 40:
  • Xxx (28/04/2017, 15:19) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Just some warning shoots
  • YeSa (28/04/2017, 15:22) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
    The gun man or men sending a message to the other dude that got away...it's a warning shot.
    • Hmm (29/04/2017, 09:16) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      That other dude lives right in long look, he's short and love carry news. I can't understand why he's out of jail. He was apartments of this whole kick up. Imagine he's walking a free man but keeping low....
  • qc (28/04/2017, 23:56) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Funny thing is, people just do not learn from history. They want to believe that somehow this will continue forever
  • tom (29/04/2017, 00:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I'm not panicked, just trying to figure out if I need an escape route, and to where with the amount of gun crime in the BVI
  • jokes (29/04/2017, 22:04) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Meanwhile, the country is being dragged into a ditch by the lack of efforts to reduce and fight crime
  • de silent one (01/05/2017, 08:01) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ Hmm, you seems to know who is this other dude that lives right in Long Look walking a free man and carrying news. Why don't you do something in a positive way to avert another tragedy from happening. (like a murder).


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