Nine male suspects are currently in police custody assisting with investigations into a shooting incident that occurred at Fort James Beach on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
According to reports, around 10:32 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting in which two individuals alleged that they were fired upon by a group of five men.
Following the report, officers from various units conducted extensive patrols in the Dry Hill and Fort Road areas. During these operations, three vehicles and multiple occupants were intercepted and searched. A 17-year-old of Cooks Hill was among the group.
All the individuals were arrested on suspicion of shooting and taken to the St. John’s Police Station. The vehicles were also taken to the police headquarters for further investigation.
The Police Administration is appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information that can assist in the investigation to contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913 or call 911. All information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
So they commit the crime and hang around the place. Damn idiots
I can bet you, the mother’s posting bail, before you call police on them when you see and hear criminal actions about to take place judge make the bail high menace to society
Nine people? That’s a whole crew Something serious going on here this island too small for that kinda violence.
Nine you said. Wow. THats a huge chunk of people
Big up the police for acting quick and catching them fellas. Whether guilty or not, at least they not out there causing more trouble tonight. The same people who bad-talk the force must remember, without them, chaos would reign
Nine men? Nine? What is really going on in this country? You can’t even go beach again without feeling like you in a war zone. Them young boys playing gangster with people life. The police better make sure justice served, not just release them back on the street next week.
We keep talking about ‘assisting with investigations’ but we rarely hear follow-up. The public deserves transparency. Were guns recovered? Any motive known? We tired of half stories and no resolution
Nine people? That’s a whole crew! they need to find out what really went down.
We didn’t raise our youth for this kind of nonsense. Something break in the home, in the community, in the system. We need to bring back moral teaching and discipline not just talk about it after tragedy happen
hese days when my children say they going beach, my heart skip. Antigua too small for so much gun violence. Them fellas not even thinking about the lives they mashing up. Imagine being on the beach and bullets start flying that’s trauma for life
Fort James used to be the spot where families come cool out, tourists come relax. Now it turning into crime scene every few months. When them gunmen start disturbing the few places we can still feel peace, that’s when you know the society gone bad
I hope this not another case of police just rounding up anybody in the area. Nine suspects? Sound like they grab every man near a car. Do your investigations right and find the real shooters don’t just arrest for show