KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Police say their investigations into the triple homicide in Belmont east of right here final Friday are persevering with regardless of a 25-year-old man showing earlier than a metropolis Justice of the Peace on Monday charged with the killings in addition to three counts of tried homicide.
“This isn’t the top of the investigation. It has simply commenced, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines can relaxation assured that the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Pressure will depart no stone unturned to find the opposite killers which are concerned,” appearing Assistant Commissioner of Police, Trevor “Buju” Bailey instructed a information convention.
“And I need to underscore that we’re going to seek out you and convey you to justice,” stated Bailey, who’s answerable for crime combating and is main the investigation into the triple murder.
On Monday, Kesroy Ryan, 25, appeared earlier than the Critical Offences Courtroom on fees that on Could 16, at Belmont, he murdered Leslie Davis, Demeon Cumberbatch, and Joel Browne and tried to homicide Bancroft Abbott, Lorna Davis, and Hayden Ballantyne.
He was not required to plead to the indictable cost and was remanded in custody till June 2.
Bailey instructed reporters that surveillance footage of the taking pictures was circulating on social media.
The video reveals Cumberbatch and Browne, who have been inside the shoppers’ part of the store, being shot even earlier than the shooters entered the enterprise place. One of many males collapsed to the bottom whereas the opposite slumped as he held the fitting aspect of his chest.
At about the identical time, Davis appeared to leap or fall off the seat she was sitting on behind the counter as a person carrying a clown masks with a crimson nostril and a long-sleeved hoodie entered the store and continued to fireplace at her.
Shortly after, the shooter seems to be twiddling with the firearm, suggesting that it might need jammed.
As that shooter left the store, gunfire continued, and virtually instantly, a second particular person entered the store via the opposite door, pointed a gun over-the-counter, and shot Davis repeatedly.
Each people then left the store because the gunfire continued.
Bailey instructed the information convention that “our investigation will not be restricted to only video footage.
“Our investigation is thorough and detailed, and as acknowledged on … Saturday (Could 17), dots create traces, traces lead us to locations, and we’re ready to stroll and get there,” Bailey stated.
Performing Commissioner of Police Enville Williams, who was abroad when the taking pictures passed off however was current on the information convention, urged the general public to proceed to cooperate with investigators of the triple murder and different crimes throughout the nation.
“Gun-related offenses proceed to be problematic, not simply in St. Vincent however throughout our area, and we’re doing all that we will do collaboratively throughout our area to deal with this scourge successfully,” Williams stated.
“And a part of tackling this scourge successfully, we depend on you, Vincentians, like-minded Vincentians, regulation Vincentians, to work with us to rid our streets of unlawful firearms and ammunition.”
The triple killing in Belmont passed off three days after businessman Stephen King, aka King-O, 76, of Inexperienced Hill, was shot and killed equally whereas sitting on his patio round midday, leaving his household and group questioning concerning the motive for his homicide.
Because the gunmen moved in on him, neighbors heard King shouting, “What I do you? What do I do to you? Please don’t kill me!”
Police stated that masked assailants entered King’s property and shot him a number of instances earlier than fleeing.
Could has been the bloodiest month in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this yr, registering six of the 16 homicides as in contrast with 2024, when there have been no killings in Could, and the rely on the finish of April was 17.
In 2024, the nation recorded 54 homicides, only one lower than the file set the earlier yr and 42 in 2022.
