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The murder count climbed after a double killing in a domestic dispute.

Authorities are investigating the incident off Carmichael where two men, brothers-in-law, died on Tuesday night.

Officials said it started on Mutton Fish Drive around 5 pm when the men got into a dispute and attacked with a cutlass.

Police said when they arrived at the residence, prompted by an argument, they met a man outside of the residence with a wound to the neck. They soon found another man lifeless in the front room of the house.

The altercation became a physical fight when one of the men retrieved a cutlass and attacked the other. A fight then ensued, police said.

The man chopped to the neck was transferred to the hospital but he died sometime later.

They were 38 and 42 years old.

It is unclear how police will categorize this latest incident and what role self-defence could play in their investigations.

This comes on the heel of a triple murder in Fox Hill, on Monday night.

The mother of the 21-year-old killed in Grand Bahama last week, says her heart is empty since he was tragically stabbed in a melee outside of a business establishment.

Anishka Rolle is grieving while celebrating a birthday without her son.

“Mummy’s heart is empty,” she lamented in a social media post.

She still has not come to grips with his death and sometimes expects that he will show up.

“Everyday I be waiting on you to drive in the yard, playing your loud music. I have to catch myself that you are not here with us any longer.”

Kennedy Webb and a group of men were involved in a physical altercation around 2 am on October 13. Police de-escalated the fight but three men including Webb were stabbed and admitted to the hospital. While two survived, Webb, with injuries to his back and lower body, died.

“They took you away from me, baby,” Rolle said.

Two men were charged before the courts for his murder on Friday.

Rolle said she had forgiven the men but said they showed no remorse while facing the charge of murder.

“You all [were] laughing in court, and had it for a joke. It shows you all didn’t have any remorse whatsoever.

“To see you both today, it broke me down, and how you both acted…You’ll actions were not good towards me and my family.”

A video circulated on social media, showing Webb in a grocery store as Rolle protected him from a group of men who were threatening him.

One of the men shouted, “Y’all got Vassy in the store hiding, bey. This y’all lil bredrin, bey. Look how he got his mummy, bey. He got his mummy scared, and he’s a whole pu—y, bey. You know I don’t play, Vassy.”

Rolle, his mother is heard saying in the video, “He ain’t gonna get in trouble for y’all.”

It is not known when the video was recorded.

Since his death, Rolle expressed a great love for her son, “A mother’s love is deep. I crossed oceans for my children and I won’t stop. Anyone who knows me, know I love my children. Even as adults, they are my babies.

“I stood in the gap for Kennedy, my baby,” she lamented.

His murder was the 95^th of the year.

New Providence was plagued with bloodshed for three days consecutively as three men were killed in the space of hours, totaling 92 people murdered for the year.

It is not known if these incidents were connected or are retaliatory attacks.

Thursday

Police reported that a man was killed on Blue Hill Road, near Carmichael Road, in the vicinity of a wash house. Police have not officially identified him but say he is believed to be in his mid 20’s

Police say a light-colored Japanese vehicle approached the victim, two of the suspects exited, shot the man multiple times, and then fled in an easterly direction onto Malcolm Road.

The unknown victim was the 92nd murder for the year, according to police records.

Wednesday

A man affectionately called ‘CJ’ became the country’s 91st murder victim for the year when two men approached him as he sat in the open vicinity of a residence after 4:45 pm.

He was shot multiple times in the upper body when police found him after being alerted by police control.

Tuesday

Carlos Joseph was killed in front of his home after 3 pm as he held his eight-month-old child. Joseph was returning home with the two children after a school pickup, when an assailant, driving a white Japanese vehicle, confronted and shot him multiple times.

The children were unharmed.

His murder was marked #90 for the year.

A surge in murders

Statistically, the murder rate is higher for this year when compared to 2023. In October 2023, there were 74 murders. For the first week of October 2024, the murder count already stands at 92.

What Fred Mitchell said

On Wednesday, while in the House of Assembly, the Opposition lamented the state of crime in the country, insisting that the government implement a plan to fight violence in the country. But Fred Mitchell, Fox Hill’s MP and party chairman, insisted that  the government is taking the issue seriously as he highlighted “all the social programmes that have been put in place since 2021 (when the government was elected).”

“I don’t want the public to be left with the impression that we think this is a joke. “Every day, we are just as bothered as you are about this crime situation. I’ve asked you privately, what more is it you expect us to do?” Mitchell said.

“How can we in this small society not be serious about crime issues when it affects all of us, all of our families, our friends who are dying?

“These young kids who should be living until they’re 70 years of age, killing one another for what reason? We don’t know.”

The man gunned down outside of a business establishment on Thursday morning is known by many who described him as “the coolest guy going.”

Friends were shocked when they learned that Eddie Miller was with his wife and children when he stopped at a local business to shop for groceries and gunmen approached, killing him in the parking area of the establishment.

Sandra Strachan had known him since junior high school and was utterly shocked at his death. “Wow! [He] was never a problem person. Wow!”

Paige Carey echoed a similar sentiment. “I never knew him to bother anyone. [He] stayed to himself.”

Darlene questioned why he was killed: “Why [did] they [do] this to him?” she asked.

Police have not revealed any motive for the shooting. They said three gunmen exited a white vehicle to shoot Miller before fleeing in the westerly direction on Cowpen Road.

The screams from his family pierced the air as his wife and children who were preparing to attend school, watched him take his last breath with visible gunshot wounds and blood about the body.

Referring to the suspects, Shavonne Deveaux stated, “Yall did it the front of his child, my God! This is beyond sad; a coward act!’

Antonia Griffin remembered that he was “very humble from time.”

Raynell Smith had just seen Miller and recalled her last encounter, “Oh wow Eddie just hail me last week in the store.”

According to authorities, Miller’s death is the 86^th murder for the year.

Some questioned the murder rate in the country and cried for the enforcement of the law.

“What’s going on in the Bahamas? Nickito Ferguson asked. “Every single day, someone dies or is murdered. Something needs to be done because this is crazy.”

The girlfriend of a man shot and killed on Wednesday is reeling from grief.

Nadia Petite Freya is still in disbelief but because she is not fluent in the English Language, all she does is sob and whine for Noel Vilma, 43, who was killed at the scrap metal yard in Carmichael.

Her brother Eric Uteel speaks on her behalf, hoping to relay her overwhelming loss.

Speaking of Vilma, he said, “He [was] a very humble guy. He never mess[ed] with [anyone]. He just come to work, stay home, don’t go out like that,” he told the Nassau Guardian.

“He [didn’t] trouble [anyone].”

Authorities believe it was an attempted armed robbery turned deadly when they found Vilma lying on the ground of the compound after gunshots rang out around 12:30 pm.

A white hatchback-style vehicle was seen fleeing in a westerly direction from the scene after the occupant demanded cash from Vilma.

This is not the first time Vilma reportedly was targeted. Two weeks ago, he was robbed, and while in the Sea Breeze area, he was robbed twice, Uteel said.

“He was nice to everyone. He [didn’t] mess with people like that.

“You need something, he has it. He [gave] it to you.

Superintendent Deno Josey, the officer in charge of Western Police Station said on the scene, “We are going to find out who did this, why it happened. We’re going to bring those persons to justice.”

Vilma leaves behind a wife and child in Haiti.

His death brings the country’s murder count to 84.

In a tragic development linked to the high-profile $1.5 million bank security car heist last November, Oral Roberts, 34, was fatally shot in the Fox Hill park area, marking the third death associated with the case.

Details from the police were sparse following the incident. The victim’s body remained publicly visible on the street for an extended period.

Before police arrived on the scene, family members wailed and hugged Roberts as blood oozed from his head wound.

The victim’s mother Mizpah Roberts, revealed that her son was under electronic surveillance with an ankle bracelet and had been interrogated by the police just a week prior as part of the ongoing investigation into Chief Superintendent Michael Johnson of the Central Investigations Department, who is currently on leave amid inquiries into leaked voice notes suggesting corrupt dealings with a lawyer and two deceased suspects of the robbery–Michael Fox Jr and Dino Smith.

While Fox and Smith were never formally charged, Roberts and his associate, Akeil Holmes, faced charges for over $1 million in theft from the armored vehicle at an airport.

According to Ms. Roberts, her son had briefly left to purchase a sandwich and returned home when he was shot. She also alleged that the officers who had questioned him cautioned him against stopping for any police vehicles and expressed her belief that the police were responsible for her son’s death, a claim she made fearlessly despite her son’s expressed concerns for his safety.

His death and his mother’s allegations now add fuel to the widespread allegations of police corruption.

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman on Homestead Avenue in the Englerston area on Tuesday, allegedly as a result of a domestic incident.

The woman, Theresa Knowles was found in the back of a home around 11:30 with injuries to the upper body. Police have not revealed what type of injuries she sustained but did say they are questioning a man related to her.

Her distraught sister Viola Richardson, spoke to reporters and revealed that the woman was in a relationship with the man in question for 22 years. The woman had ended the relationship and was trying to “get out.” But the pair was seen together last week which raised some eyebrows.

“I decided not to get involved,” the sister told reporters as the woman’s young son, seemingly numbed, stood beside her. He said he believed his mother was 43 years old.

“She was nice, very nice,” Richardson said.

The woman’s colleagues told the family she did not come to work. The relatives then attempted to make contact with her but to no avail, finding the victim’s white vehicle and the suspect’s black truck parked outside of the murder scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

Twenty-two-year-old Brendan Adderley was reportedly the fifth brother to be killed when gunmen on Thursday evening riddled his body with bullets. He tried to escape his attackers but died on Eden Street. His gruesome death made the rounds in a viral video as many lamented his family tales of trouble with the law and becoming murder victims.

Police said Brendan and his brother were riding together when gunmen intercepted their vehicle and shot at them. The young men ran but Brendan was cornered and shot to death while his brother was shot in the arm.

Brendan’s twin brother was killed by gunmen in a similar incident back in May when gunmen obstructed their vehicle. He tried to flee in the car but the gunmen with high-powered weapons got out of their vehicle and shot into the car, killing Brandon, 22.

Their other brother, Thor “Trip Out”, 21 years old at the time, was killed in 2015 after an argument with another man outside of a nightclub. He was shot in the abdomen and succumbed.

Another brother was reportedly killed in December 2022.

“No matter what they all were hard-working young men that had utmost respect for their elders even though they might have been “bad,” a friend who goes by the name ‘Brice’ said. “I watch them renovate the house they lived in. They had goals. They had dreams. Some decisions they [were] bad but still they were trying young men who depended on no one but each other.”

Robert Pratt begs to differ. “The mother and father fail to train these young men. They failed to discipline them and correct them when they broke the rules. So the streets had to discipline them and the penalty was death.”

Friends said the boys’ mother died a few years ago.

“Tasha oh I know this killing you all over again. Your four boys all gone to be with you,” Shirley said in a social media post.

When Brendon was 18, he was accused of killing and shooting Diano Nixon in November 2021. Nixon was found dead in a car near Hospital Lane and Petticoat Lane.

Brandon was just buried two weeks ago.

The circulated video of Brendan’s death caused a stir. It showed a graphic scene of the murder as he lay lifeless in the street with wounds to the body.

“He is just a kid. Dear Lord stop the murder,” one social media user lamented.

“That video was horrible. Nassau is scary and out of control,” Nashad said.

Tashara added, “This is getting out of hand for such a small population.  Something needs to be done…We need action.”

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In what initially seemed like a simple open and close murder case, police are still hunting the person responsible for killing the aviation worker Geovani Rolle who was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Father’s Day after arriving at work. His family is now offering $25,000 to help solve the murder case.

At face value and based on public discourse, 38-year-old Rolle was involved in a relationship with a woman who was the wife of the suspect but believed to be separated from him. Rolle was killed near his place of employment, Jet Nassau, around 6 am, where he worked as a ramp manager. Police said a gunman pulled up in a white vehicle, shot a barrage of bullets and killed the father of two.

Authorities confirmed the suspect, who remained unnamed, was arrested in the Domestic Terminal of the Lynden Pindling Airport hours later, and images of his arrest circulated on social media.

Family and friends of Geovani are now offering a reward of  $25,000 for information that leads to the arrest, charge, and/or conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing Rolle, according to The Nassau Guardian.

This indicates that the suspect is no longer in police custody and police may not have enough evidence to charge him with the crime.

Police have not yet spoken on the matter since the reward was offered.

Shortly after the murder though, an investigator in the case said they had not yet concluded that it was a result of a conflict between lovers, as suggested. “There are some things that we are not certain of. Based on the information that has been presented, we don’t want to make a judgment call that it’s domestic. That’s a possibility. I don’t want to say it isn’t. But I can’t say it’s factual at this time.”

Garnique Johnson, a cousin of the victim said in a social media post when the incident occurred, that he (Rolle) lived long enough to tell them who shot him, which she believed assisted in the quick arrest of the suspect. This could not be confirmed.

With no one in police custody, Rolle’s family and friends are now asking anyone with information to call 242-828-1020 or email justiceforgeorolle@gmail.com.

“That village wants to do its part to help in the fight for justice for him,” the family said in a statement. “Any information, however insignificant it may seem, could help to solve this case.”

It remains to be seen whether or not the matter will become a cold case.

The sister of the 16-year-old shot to death in her home around midnight Saturday, came to her defense, proclaiming her innocence.

“Please stop making up fake narratives.

“Please stop trying to paint something that’s not,” Davianna Gray, 17, urged in a social media post which was a response to some who attempted to sully her sister’s reputation and create a narrative for the shooting incident.

Davinique ‘Susie’ Gray was in her home on Lawton Avenue, Nassau Village reportedly charging her phone, when someone passing the house, fired gunshots, which penetrated the walls of the house, striking her.

She was pronounced dead.

Some members of the public have attempted to find a motive for the crime though police have not given any more details on the homicide.

Davinique and Davianna’s father, David Gray was killed by a gunman on December 22, 2021.

The RM Bailey student died one day after their father’s birthday and two weeks after he succumbed, two years ago.

“My daddy and my sister were both innocent. Never connected with nothing so I don’t know what yall talking about…My sister got killed for nothing.

“My daddy got killed three days before Christmas. I don’t know how I gone live.”

Police continue to search for the unknown assailants and have since asked the public for assistance in bringing them to justice.

Davianna lamented, “I swear that was all I had left. I can’t take this. I can’t live.”