Witness Appeal: Firearm Incident Thursday Night on Roberts Avenue

Fri, 2018-09-21

Detectives investigating a firearm incident that occurred shortly before 11:50pm Thursday, September 20th on Roberts Avenue in Devonshire near Derwent Lane South renewed their appeal for witnesses or persons with relevant information to come forward.

It appears that a group of men were congregated in the area when a gunman opened fire.

A 28 year old man sustained a gunshot wound to his leg. He was treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries and later discharged. There were no other injuries reported and the scene was processed by the relevant police personnel.

Anyone that may have any information regarding two people on a motorcycle acting suspiciously in the Roberts Avenue area around 11:45pm Thursday night – including their direction of travel – is urged to call Detective Sergeant Jason Smith on 717-0864.

Alternatively, anonymous calls can be made to the independent and confidential Crime Stoppers hotline 800-8477.

Reminder: Consider Neighbours When Flying Kites

The Bermuda Police Service continues to receive complaints regarding kites being flown to the annoyance of residents – particularly in the Astwood Park, Warwick area.

Members of the public flying kites are requested to be mindful of the noise they create, and the time of day they take part in such activity.

As a reminder, Section 18 (a) of the Summary Offences Act 1926 makes it an offence for any person to fly a kite over a public place “to the annoyance or danger of any passenger or frequenter.”

The Bermuda Police Service wishes to make it clear that we would rather not use law enforcement to tackle this problem, and this is not an attack on a long standing Bermudian tradition.

Rather, it is an appeal for a common sense solution: for kite flyers to be reasonable and to be considerate of their neighbours.