Published 25 April 2017
Sheriff Wiliams 25 years
Elvis Lawrence 21 years
Police have confirmed a double homicide in Cotton Ground, Nevis Tuesday afternoon.
Senior police officer in Nevis said that police were at the scene of a shooting incident which occurred between 4:30 – 5:00 pm Tuesday (Apr 25) where one young man Elvis lawrence was confirmed dead and one Sheriff Wiliams rushed to the Alexandra Hospital.
Police subsequently confirmed that Sharif Wiliams succumbed to his wounds.
Information received is that armed assailants exited a vehicle and opened fire on the men who were at a shop in the area.
This shooting comes eight days after 28-year-old Morella Webbe was killed in that village (Apr 17) when the car she was driving was fired upon by unknown assailants. A female passenger in the vehicle was hospitalized for gunshot injuries.
On Sunday, March 26, Rondell Chapman of Rawlins Village was gunned down on the cricket field in Cotton Ground during an afternoon match between two cricket clubs.
To date no one has been charged with her murder, or the shooting.
Tuesday’s double killing brings to five the number of homicides recorded for Nevis so far this year and the 8th for the federation.
