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POLICE INVESTIGATE FIRST HOMICIDE FOR 2025

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POLICE INVESTIGATE FIRST HOMICIDE FOR 2025

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 35-year-old man of Old Road.

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It was reported that the victim was involved in an altercation with another man when he was allegedly shot. The incident occurred at Mount Obama (Boggy Peak) area around 10 am on Thursday. A male suspect is in custody. Further details will be provided at a later update, as investigators are still on the scene carrying out investigation.

This story was first published by Antigua News on January 2, 2025: antigua.news/2025/01/02/police-investigate-first-homicide-for-2025. © 2025 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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Comments (5)

  • Antigua Surf January 2, 2025, 1:46 PM

    Is this how we welcome in the 2025 season? Antiguans can never be for real. everyday the drag the beautiful country even deeoer into the dust. lord have mercy
    Reply

  • Devorn Carter January 2, 2025, 1:48 PM

    How as simple as an altercation can allow you to pull a gun on someone. Every time in Antigua ah just always violence. God need for tek all aryou violent people off the earth man.
    Reply

    • Stone January 3, 2025, 9:08 AM

      A long time ago it was bottle gainst stone, now it’s gun gainst cutlass. Same problems, different weapons, no solutions. Same old same old..
      Reply

  • Devorn Carter January 2, 2025, 1:51 PM

    Well well. Get well soon. And don’t come back out here being an ass
    Reply

    • Anonymous January 2, 2025, 7:24 PM

      Wait to let the court solve what has occurred please. The shooter can be the innocent party. When an incident happened i does think up all sort of scenarios but i wait to let the law put the circumstances together after questioning the parties involved.
      Reply

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