Published 26 November 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Federation registers murder #22 three hours after PM Harris said crime was trending down
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 26, 2017 – Less than three hours after St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris made a misleading statement at an award ceremony for police officers, that crime was trending down, the Federation recorded murder number 22 for 2017 on Saturday night.
Dead is Theon Audain, struck down by several bullets as he stood on a corner close to Tony Berry’s Shop, a mile away from Government House, where Prime Minister Harris made his remarks.
A police statement Sunday said 27-year-old Audain was standing at the junction of Wigley Avenue and Union Street where a Carnival troupe was being launched, when an assailant or assailants fired numerous shots at him.
“Audain was struck multiple times about the body and died at the scene,” the police statement said. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m.
District medical officer Dr. Reginald O’Loughlin was summoned to the scene and pronounced Audain dead and permission sought from the coroner to remove the body.
The police said its team of forensic investigators processed the scene and took items of evidential value in their possession.
Police said three juveniles are in police custody assisting with the investigation.
Audain’s murder on Saturday night, comes 8 days after Nevisian businessman, 56-year-old Lincoln Liburd was gunned down in a house in Zetland’s, Gingerland, Nevis on November 17.
Photo: Theon Audain
