The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF), is now investigating Dominica’s 11th and 12th homicides for 2022 which occurred two days apart.
The latest victim is 34-year-old Allen Pacquette of Mahaut, also known as Outty, who succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained last night, July 12, 2022.
Dominica News Online (DNO) was informed by police sources that at the time of the shooting (about 10:20 p.m.), Pacquette was on Goodwill Road near the Woodbridge Bay Port celebrating the birthday of his twin children.
It is said that an individual who was driving an HRV vehicle disembarked, approached Pacquette and shot him.
Meanwhile, the police have sounded an appeal to the general public to assist them in solving the homicide of 31-year-old Alston Lawrence.
The Elmshall man who resided at Tarish Pit was gunned down in Tarish Pit on July 10, 2022.
Acting Inspector, Fixton Henderson, reported that at approximately 10:10 p.m., on the aforementioned evening, an unknown individual came to the home of Lawrence and shot him multiple times.
He was transported to the Dominica China Friendship Hospital (DCFH) where he succumbed to gunshot injuries and was officially pronounced dead by a medical doctor at 11:00 p.m.
Henderson said the assailant is still at large and urged anyone with information to contact the police.
Meanwhile, the police have not yet made an official announcement on another shooting incident which occurred on the Roseau River Promenade last Friday.
Reports indicate that a police officer was involved in the incident.
The victim is a patient at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital.
weak and communistic comment this…fyah…so just the government and the rich has a right to bear arms FU …look at the middle east Iran and south china…Hong Kong north Korea..damn fool…..the government will kill its own to maintain the status quo…this position is not a good one.
This minister’s won’t say or do anything about gun crime until it starts to hit them personally
I anticipated that crime, murder etc was going to increase as Dominican society began to fall apart.. Corruption esp from the top has a trickle effect..Society begins to become more deviant regarding accepted rules for order ,respect for law, and each other’s rights …People then gravitate to bestial behaviour and that is the consequence we have to live with now..Could such have been avoided ? Yes but esp the Dominican institutions and intgelligentsia chose silence as the structures for stability and order were falling apart.. Many chose to hide in the bushes
Well, you will be alone garçon. Ask why these fellers spending goo money to buy guns to kill each other. If you have gun-buy back whom the government going to sell them to? You think they will all melt them down, in our country? You are joking man. As for T.V. watching, Japan watching the same programmes and their murder rate well below 1.0
But the saying “Idle hands do Idle work” Mista Dem doh have no work to do and with no guidance what else allyou expect nuh,,,
Mista Dem So Damn-@$$ self when they go about killing each other is themselves wi they hurting,,,
We are all connected as they there killing off their race who they expect to come and replenish the population,,,
Look two fathers gone, that lineage cut short there wi no more reproducing that line of the Dominican Family nuh,,,
Garçan stop allyou foolishness nuh!!!
How comes Skerrit dem was able to control the population in time of COVID with the lockdown and monitoring people’s movement but they have dem GunManDem running around terrorizing people like dat!!!
Call in for help nuh from US, China, or whomever like it’s a State of Emergency,,,
Terrorism is Terrorism yeah as long as the general public feels the Terror!!!
If these incidents does not cause Dominicans to “heat” the streets I dont know what will…
A chicken egg can’t develop into a baby goat, can it? The situation in the country has been developing for some time now and will continue to get worse because the leadership of the country is involved in the metastatic problems in the country. The prime minister encouraged his supporters to be terrorists to the opposition and to confront them everywhere, Melissa boasted of her private militia, the police kill people in their custody, guns waltz out of the port compound, government involvement in kidnapping of Choksi, the CCJ naming and shaming government corruption of elections, high unemployment and loss of genuine work opportunities for young men. This is only a partial list of the soup which exists in the country. In the meanwhile the Attorney General, the minister of National Security, the chief of police and the prime minister get to keep their jobs despite these glaring failures and troubling trends. Labor ka twavye
Mr. St Jean, your comments always ring with truth and are thought provoking. You speak the truth even if it is inconvenient to many in high places.
Let’s reflect on the last elections momentarily. The known gangsters, rogues, bandits and criminals were used to harass and intimidate supporters of the opposition. They even flouted the laws with impunity. The chickens have now come back home to roost. You sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind.
Hmmmm
Funny how we lag in development but excelling in crime. No justice and extreme corruption you get a hopeless people. Government of joke wouldn’t see to put together a task force and get into the hood investigate bring in people to investigate and solve these crimes.
AA, they doing it like T &T now, execution style, yes Fadda, shine your light on my country.
Need work for these young men, open gyms, garage shops, factories too many young men on the block and getting into problem for little things and it escalating
@Iamanidiot, it is one thing to get into some form of problem, but it is an evil, wicked, and sinful thing to take the Life of someone else.
The Law of Almighty God, who is in full control of man’s behavior, said: “Thou shall not kill”.
This law is called to be adhered to, through joblessness, homelessness, and nakedness. There is no excuse for a person who decide to take the Life of his/her fellowman. None at all!
Hope you don’t sing another tune when the shoe’s on your foot or family’s. Christ I hate hypocrites
yet man dyan by the hands and weapons of man to this day…
2nd amendment babay….the right to bear arms and armor to protect against tyrants FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC…
STOP RELYING ON THE SYSTEM TO SAVE YOU.
I have enough to protect me and mines.
learn a life skill while you in the bushes. 🇩🇲 bush perfect for training in art of guerrilla warfare…an invaluable asset when dealing with a powerful adversary.
reference to Vietnam War and Korean War…the most powerful army couldn’t do nothing to dem far east bwoi dem.
U can’t plant bananas and expect plantains. Ok the problem is not skerrit. Some of all you only hear about outty dig into his background. Who brought the guns to Dominica was it skerrit no. The deportee that was bringing the guns to Dominica. Now he die by one all you want to talk about Guns why was he bringing them to Dominica. for them to use it on other ppl mother f…., how many ppl loose their children because of the guns u brought in outty answer. Their children blood on ur hands. F.. u want to come DA and boast what you did in the VI. At first we in Dominica didn’t know better but we found out BI…..!
People if you know that you are owing any one
or has wrong anyone, make it right with your debtors.
There’s a spirit of vengeance going on in here. Careful…..
Seems Dominica has it very own serial killer, yet still the authorities keep asking for public assistance. what the public can do fro you Mr commissioner? Call for assistance from countries with forensics experts, do we even have trained ditectives in the police force? It might be the guy you sitting next to right now but no one from the public has seen a thing. so strange in a country full of parrots always talking about somebody or discussing somebody business. Yet no one talking,
No one trusts Skerrits Militia. Furthermore, DLP people don’t grass on their own.
Are we picking names and phrases out of thin air now ? Serial killer? Plz lord save me from stupid people
People stop the violence go to church give your life to christ da is to small for that prayers needed
Just like that…
Very soon another killing again…
Skerrit, all eyes on you..
The UWP destroyed Esprit de Corps in the Dominica police force.They dismissed Commission of Police,Mr.Desmond Blanchard and Deputy of Commissioner of Police Mr.Hansel Valarie on trump up charges and lies.Today the people who conspired to dismiss Blanchard and Valarie are now at each others throats.The UWP installed two of their political bbflies and yes sir men,and devided the police force politicallyThose who were not supporters of UWP were victimized and denied promotion.The brother of Edison James was the untouchable.UWP was the party who disrespected the police the most while in power.
@Lin clown, how many years has the cabal you embrace been in office? Keep looking in the rearview mirror. If you are right about what the UWP did but it will take DLP 22 years and counting and they can’t fix it then they are demonstrating that they are not up to the task of good governance. Case closed.
What is happening in our country today is very sad but not unusual or shocking.
The truth is when the head is corrupt expect all manner of evil. We have a country that is led by the most corrupt leader the region has ever heard of . To defend his corruption he had to hire top police officers that are corrupt and some with a criminal background. So in short we have a corrupt police force, corrupt judges and judiciary. Let’s not even talk about those 18 corrupt, greedy and bought good for nothing good ministers . So when we have this sort of country it’s sad to say it but expect violence that will get worse and worse as long as Roosevelt Skerrit is PM and Charles Savaren is president . Sorry but what do we expect when a country is led by everything evil?
To come and kill a man in a birthday party for his two young children is just pure heartless, for that alone you will pay….rip to the two young men
@Justsaying, this kind of conduct is much worse than heartless, it is downright evil and wickedness–the work of someone possessed by the spirit of Satan, the devil himself.
Aren’t we righteous and holy ! Are you the one being who’s without sin ? Use your mouth to pray for your country rather than spout brimstone and fire, who made you judge of what’s evil and what isn’t.
Indeed we need to consider the family and friends of the lost ones. Senseless murders are never easy to accept and we should all pray for justice. We should also pray for the world to be less accepting of such violence as part of our lives (not only is Dominica dealing with this but all countries). Much work is needed by all involved and not only leaders. Neighbors have to be kinder, we all have to be on the look out for each other, report when something is seen and our judicial forces must act accordingly. Let’s all do our part and let us begin by praying for the families who has just lost a family member to a crime.
For years I have been trying to sound the warning but DNO would not publish my comments and if they did I would receive numerous thumbs down. I guess I was not saying things that people find popular.
I will repeat in a country overrun by corruption , where nepotism is the order of the day anger will well up in people and this will be the results. So DNO when I try to bring out situations where qualified people are bypass and jobs are given to idiots and you refuse to publish it, you are to blame too.
Jamaica and Trinidad got to where they are because of government corruption and political parties collaboration with criminal gangs. Sounds familiar.
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DNO, Please give these kinds of responses to people who do not understand. I work with law enforcement where I currently reside. My job includes going to court to provide expert testimony regularly, so when it comes to making reckless unsubstantiated statements, this is not for me. It runs counter to my training. So I won’t come on here with gossip.
Further, obviously your a not responsible for people’s reactions to comments, so I am not sure why you even had to mention that. I have read your policy countless times, and you need to get with the times. It is antiquated. You all speak about the government stifling free speech, and you’re the ones doing it. I have no more to say do as you wish, we will just look at Dominica’s continued decay. Sad. I always dreamed of retiring back home.
ADMIN: With due respect for your qualifications, your experience does not make you an expert on defamation law in Dominica. Laws differ from country to country.
You brought up that your comments were being downvoted and we responded to that and took the opportunity to inform everyone on the forum that we do not control the downvote behaviour – a fairly common misconception in our experience.
We can appreciate your frustration with the current situation as it appears – Dominica is our home as well. However, scapegoating (assigning blame to any one individual or organization) may seem gratifying but is not likely to improve the situation.
It is possible we made an error and it is also possible you simply violated our comment policy but we are unable to act on a general complaint. If you have a specific complaint we will do our best to look into it and address any error we may have made.
We take the idea of free speech seriously and are willing to hold ourselves accountable – but we are unable to do it alone we do need members of this forum (and the public in general) to contribute and consistently put those ideals into practice as well.
DNO that’s a comprehensive response. Good of you. Allow me to ask this question.
There are many questionable dealings involving Roosevelt, his ministers, high ranking civil servants, and acolytes of the government. Even the Director of Audit has revealed instances of the people’s money being given as loans to vocal activists of the corrupt, incumbent regime. These are yet to be repaid.
Here is the question. Why haven’t you done any investigative reporting about these blatant corrupt practices?
Why can’t you get Roosevelt to sit with you for an interview but you go on his propaganda, annoying show and are so quick to publish his fictitious statemets?
Awaiting your answer with bated breath.
DNO that’s a comprehensive response. Good of you. Allow me to ask this question.
There are many questionable dealings involving Roosevelt, his ministers, high ranking civil servants, and acolytes of the government. Even the Director of Audit has revealed instances of the people’s money being given as loans to vocal activists of the corrupt, incumbent regime. These are yet to be repaid.
Here is the question. Why haven’t you done any investigative reporting about these blatant corrupt practices?
Why can’t you get Roosevelt to sit with you for an interview but you go on his propaganda, annoying show and are so quick to publish his fictitious statemets?
Awaiting your answer with bated breath.
ADMIN: Ibo, not including the likely sarcasm of your last line, you have made it clear in the way you setup your question and your continuous posts on this site that you have already made your own negative conclusions about DNO.
However, we will respond for the sake of those who may genuinely have similar questions.
We admit there are certainly areas we can do better, but you ascribe to us more power and resources than we actually have. We cannot just make the Prime Minister agree to an interview. We regularly struggle to get responses from public officials(including the opposition) on relatively neutral articles – much less for one that may not cast them in a good light.
For our part, we have never claimed to be investigative journalists.
While we do research articles we have too much regard for what we consider good investigative journalism to put ourselves in that category.
It typically takes considerable time (often months or years) and resources to follow an investigative lead – and even then that does not guarantee a decent news article.
Meanwhile, we are doing our best to cover daily news and we regularly do not possess the resources to cover all the stories we have identified.
We actually somewhat agree with a comment you made in June that Lennox Linton was (perhaps) the only bona fide investigative journalist in Dominica. He is no longer able to do investigative reporting now as he is focused on running and building his own organization in that of the UWP. That shows that investigative reporting takes a singular commitment and dedication.
Yes, we would like to pursue investigative pieces on a dedicated basis but realistically it’s not sustainable for us at this time.
Could we publish sensational pieces that appeal to the existing biases of people and call it investigative journalism? We certainly could (and it could potentially be lucrative) but that is not the type of journalism we believe in or wish to practice.
DNO, your response to Ibo, is quite informative, but unfortunately, I had to positive thumb, under his post; but it is for you. Not him.
Good for you mr. Durand, I respect your stance. You are not peddlers of sensationalism nor strokers of individual egos. We are freer to spout our mind than you are and I appreciate that. Keep it so, even if some of us get frustrated some time.
DNO, I give you credit for responding in a fairly thorough way. I appreciate your constraints with having limited financial and human resources, and difficulty in extracting information from this corrupt, secretive maladministration and the cowardly, spineless, high ranking civil servants.
However, one is not calling on you to make any highly complicated and complex investigations.
There are so many blatant wrongdoings related to government and NEVER once have you called out any. Cowardice or collusion seems to be your problem.
Why not impress on the government that the people have a right to know these:
*proper accountability of CBI funds
* recouping of public funds that Crazy Coconuts and other acolytes got
*reasons for the long delays with the Electoral Reforms Report, Marigot Hospital operation, etc.
Just some concerns and issues that the public has a right to know. Remember, democracy dies when the PRESs is dormant.
So, essentially you are booway that DNO is not singing your tunes, in your voice, at your rhythm and you wish to bully DNO into doing so.
I hope that they finally see right through you.
you have any idea how many bodies this hitter got?
it takes a certain kind experienced individual to make a decision like this…kids there and all…move like foreign bwoi to me or ex military…
or the dead man breed him gyal…see it dey.
can’t forget about the getback….family ties.
A government’s #1 priority is the security of its people and their property. This present regime has failed spectacularly to provide such. They are too busy engaging in self enrichment.
However, despite the ineptitude of the government, the voluntary involvement of the people is integral in the reduction in criminal activity.
Crime does not respect anyone. Anyone of us can become a victim of crime at anytime. Therefore, all of us have to play a role to slay this monster. This is the very reason we need the administration to be inclusive. Every man, woman, boy and girl should be included in the nation’s plans. None should be omitted.
The best governments are inclusive. They act like a rising tide which lift all boats. Conversely, we could stay divided and perish like fools.
Roosevelt has clearly shown he is a divider not a uniter. He has to go for the country to heal and reunite for the good of all.
We have a problem on our hands. It may seem the violence is centered among the young men killing each other but how long will it stay just in the one demographic before spilling over into the greater society at large. As a society we need to go back to love of country and a dedication to our people as citizens. The political differences need to be put aside and the leaders of our nation need to sit down with each other and come up with a plan of action against the violence and drugs that are now threatening the peace and safety of our society. Unless leaders work together those people breaking our laws will not take law and order seriously because they will always feel they have the ability to hide behind the existing divisions we have. Nobody will speak up or give evidence, gang violence reflect also political divisions especially in poor countries like ours. Leaders need to show these people that we are one Dominica stand together and denounce the violence. Tourism will suffer soon!
Minister of security should be fired. Police chief should be fired. Prime Minister should be under serious pressure to stop this violence in a population of 70,000.
Let me go further:
1. PM Fired like yesterday
2. Blackmore fired like day before yesterday
3. Police chief fired like last year
4. Deputy Chief fired yesterday
5. Assistant Commissioner fired like yesterday
6. Police Staff officer/ Superintendent fired like last year
7. CID Boss fired immediately
8. Attorney General fired like yesterday
9. DPP gone immediately
10. President fired immediately
Give Mr. Weekes the damn police force to fix so he can clean SB, SSU and Task Force and revamp the recruiting process. Enough is enough.
This is a failed state with failed institutions and therefore we need a damn purge IMMEDIATELY. LAYVAYYYYYY Dominique! STOP procrastinating and and let us collective hit the streets with these demands
Might need to ban HRVs from coming to Dominica cause to me all crime a HRV involved somehow. Is never a CRV or a MarkX.
But again, the punishment for that crime needs to be stiffer, it cannot be “sit down for four years” then you back out. That sending the wrong message to would be criminals
5 years rent free…boyyyy good time dat…in the US easy 20
The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF), is now carrying out investigations into Dominica’s 11th and 12th homicides for 2022 which occurred two days apart. So what about the one that happened on the prominade? Why has DNO not reported on that one yet? Is it because the person was shot in the back by a cop?
ADMIN: We appreciate your concern. We have a separate article that will be published today.
Condolences to the families of the two latest victims of the ever rising gun culture in Dominica.
Dominicans are becoming desensitized to these frequent gunplay and senseless murders. The question is, what is the cause for this murderous spree?
Is it gang culture; easy access to illegal firearms; idle minds and hands; the low detection rate of murders by the ‘police’? Seems like all of the aforementioned.
My little take is this. Crime, particularly murders, has been on a steady climb in recent years. Has anyone seen or know of any strategic changes by the ‘police service’? The Roosevelt’s militia seems clueless to undertake the necessary changes that would bring a well needed reprieve to the terrified populace.
I reiterate. Once Roosevelt remains in power and continues to vilify his opponents, divide the people, and shows a depraved disregard for the people’s wellbeing, Dominica will continue to sink to unprecedented lows.
The answer is the death penalty and, it has to be enforced at all times. Those who say the death penalty is not a deterrent, well, it is not if you don’t use it. Is putting murders in jail a deterrent? No, it is not. They will be back 4, 5, 6 years later and repeat their crimes. That is giving people a license to kill. People do what their mind tells them to do and to blame Government for people’s actions is completely wrong.
@DS….Here are the US states which still carry out the death penalty:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
Are you suggesting their homicide rate are lower then places/countries where there is no death penalty? Compare their homicide rate to most European countries who do not carry out the death penalty and tell us what your findings are.
When you are making argument, you need to be guided by facts, not feelings.
You are so correct in your response to ds. Statistics have prove that the death penalty does little to deter crime.
Most people commit crimes thinking they wud never be apprehended. Many murders are categorized as crime of passion. No application of thoughts about being executed, if caught, is involved in these types of murders.
I forgive ds. His repeated both primary and secondary schools, I hereby assume.
You cares whether people continuously commit murders? If that is the way they want to depart, so be it. Hang their as. upside down. I have no use for willful murderers.
Who cares, that is what I meant to write. Murder is punishable by hanging. Deterrent or not, they should be hanged. One more scumbag is gone no one has to worry about anymore. Bottom line. Is jailing murderers a deterrent? No. If nothing is, then, we have to enforce the law. Hang them upside down.
keeping ones head on a swivel and not coveting the other man wife is the first thing I learned to do when I landed in Newark 2008…I’m still here.
its higher waayyy higher…these are carry states some even open carry.
in Texas depending on city.
I’m a Florida boy now so I’m caught in the middle of cc or cc
meaning concealed carry or
constitutional carry….
and we’re allowed suppressors for hunting purposes but what is hunted is the question
that’s grand theft time…nothing dat..
the police and the gyangstars have all the ammunition.
The good hard working law abiding citizens are not allowed.
who will be the one who end up catching the copper.
those who are not able to fight back…aka soft target ain’t no way i not moving secure in Dominica back in the day was cutlass and bottles.
2024 is here nowhere safe…protect your self…aka stay dangerous.
get your own guns and stay strapped…simple.
There we go again. I have said it umpteenth times before, Dominica has descended into a gangster country. The militia is incapable or more to the point unwilling to do something about these illegal guns and those that own them. I DO blame Skerrit AND his wife for this state of affairs. Remember their constant utterings. It only begs the question, who is worse. HIM OR HER.
They are the same. They do not care at all their well being is not in our youth
Bony and Clyde springs to mind. But Dominicans don’t care as long as they get a few miserable hand outs.
Hope our PM is reading this…
It’s time to institute the gun buy-back program.
And also time to ban and block certain TV programs and YouTube channels in Dominica. Our people are watching too much nonsense TV. When they done watching, they have to practice what they just learned and what do you expect?
its not easy to pull the trigger at point blank infront of children…
the police are cowardly and incompetent..they will shoot down an unarmed man and lie about it..but dem fraid of talibans dem ah make war.
but for real tho…that was a retaliation for something you locals don’t want to hear about…scene..
weak and communistic comment this…fyah…so just the government and the rich has a right to bear arms FU …look at the middle east Iran and south china…Hong Kong north Korea..damn fool…..the government will kill its own to maintain the status quo…this position is not a good one.