Investigations have commenced into an alleged shooting incident in Grand Bay which has left two men nursing gunshot wounds.
According to Police PRO, Acting Inspector Pellam Jno Baptiste, the incident occurred at about 1:00am on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Bubbles.
The Feast of St. Isidore was being celebrated in Grand Bay during that time.
“Mc Garvin Peters, of Roseau, sustained a gunshot wound to his lower abdomen, and Baclet Allan, a French national of Guadeloupe, sustained a gunshot wound to his lower back,” Jno Baptiste said.
The injured men were subsequently transported to the Grand Bay Health Centre, where they received medical attention, before being transferred to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH).
Upon arrival, they were examined by a medical doctor, and admitted.
Investigations are ongoing.
Anyone with information which can assist the Police in the investigation is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at 266-5164/266-5165/266-5119, or Crime Stoppers Dominica at1-800-8477.
So quick to pick up a gun. Only cowards pickup guns so fast. It does not matter where it happenned we are all dominicans regardless.
The power of life and death is in the MOUTH …..when your neighbor’s house is on fire WET YOURS .Every pig has it’s SATURDAY ……..Jumping up and being JUDGE and JURY gives u very little time to work on your own weaknesses,.BRINGING someone down DON’T make u BETTER, it only puts u in line to have your share in the future ..as u so ,so u shall…I was raised in G/bay and revieved my share and I’ve heard about the people who did it BUT I don’t rejoice , that’s life I still feel sorry for them ….The same measure of that u give will b given to U….WE MUST TALK ..BUT WE SHOULD DO IT RESPONSIBLY Shalom
Why are Grand Bay people so violent?
No more violent than Roseau people.
They have found headless body in Roseau river, obeah related deaths, a simple carnival cannot pass in Roseau without violent death in Roseau, and countless more I won’t go on. I still love the Roseau carnival despite the violence. It’s always a few idiots in Roseau like the ones that came from elsewhere and brought their gun with them to Grandbay, hence your stupid misplaced comment.
But ‘Roseau’, you live in New York…need I say more?
Roseau are you serious? Get a life
prayer is the most needy one rite here
Grandbay is a very nice community with good, hardworking and ambitious people. I have been to Grandbay on numerous visits and in every instance I was welcomed and embraced by the good people of that lovely village. On one occasion I sat and played dominoes with a group of men on the “Lalay”, a pot of fish and provision was on the fire nearby, in short time the pot was placed on the table and everyone served themselves. It was a very heartwarming and delicious meal. Since then, I have met and befriended many more “Grandbayrians” who proved to be very kind, courteous and welcoming. It is, therefore, difficult for me to attribute this shooting incident to the Grandbay Community and its good Citizens. This shooting incident should be blamed on the INDIVIDUAL(S) who decided to bring a deadly weapon to what has always been a peaceful and festive celebration. Ignorance and stupidity like this can be found in ANY village and during ANY event. Don’t blame Grandbay!!!
Hey Labor,,,, on their behalf, thanks for the kind words but no need to be too patronizing, Grandbay people can handle the negativity. Even the authorities have been in on this negativity. Remember police higher-ups used to use transferring officers to grand Bay as punishment. They have endured and survived a lot of negativity. After all Grand Bay has the good, the bad and The ugly. In this case it’s outsiders that had their beef with each other.
YOU LIE..lets not start that grandbay is a peaceful place..IF I SEARCH DNO FOR GRANDBAY SHOTING SEE HOW MUCH NEWS i WILL GET..that is a sorry place everybody dere well mostly is uncivilized and never see nice thing..
they hungry and before you have something they want it .and they will kill for it..that is GRANDBAY..Roseau have it ways but thinngs that happening GWA BAY don’t happen in roseau…Yes we burst chain …yes we rob..but we don’t hate and we don’t kill people in big day for stupidness….Even all you senselesss singer saying “SOUTH CITY GRANDBAY IS A BAD MAN PLACE”..but that too is a lie..not because you violent and uncivilize you Gangster…Not because You STRUGGLING you a Hustler….
Grandbay is the worst place in Dominica..every DOMINICAN know that..lets not be act like oh nice gwa bay…when we know those hungry souls updere readying to kill for a lil chain or a lil piece of food..
SAY IT AINT SO?.
Fete Isidore is not a Christian Festival anyway. Leviticus 22 will tell you the Feasts we should celebrate so hence other feats are from our oppressors and are demonic.
the same oppressors who gave you the bible to rid leviticus from? Makes sense right?
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Unfortunate but part of life. Mc Garvin wasn’t a saint and sadly what we engage in within our lifetime will determine how we live our lives. I can’t feel sorry for him. You live by the sword you die by the sword.
I read all the comments thus far, and whereas the commentators are either defending or condemning Grand Bay. Everyone fail to acknowledge that Grand Bay is in Dominica, it is a part of Dominica, and any effect crime has on Grand Bay, has the same effect on all of Dominica.
Interestingly I found this comment:
“Do you understand how busy the police and authorities are with marijuana in Dominica, when do they get the time and resources to deal with guns on the island?”
That to me only shows how confounded the mind of some people are. The job of the police is to deal with crime, capture the culprits and bring them to justice. If you concentrate on one form of crime, and ignore the other what difference will it make?
The rhetoric of the anonymous is clear: if the police is called to investigate a murder, a shipment of marijuana, since marijuana takes precedence of all else, I supposed the police should simply ignore the murderer, and keep hunting down the dope! How silly!
Dominica getting to fast
Why travel to a public place with a gun?? Bubblas so crowded the bullet could have taken anybody.. Grandbay have meleh papa!! They just have to spoil my village name??
Give your life to Jesus Christ before its too late!
Rip margavine
DNO
This was an alleged shooting and they are nursing gunshot wounds? Looks like this is no longer an “alleged” shooting.
We had 9 Isidore Choffay which went extremely well. So why thinks we Grand Bay people was involved. For the ignorant St. Isidore was a hard working farmer. So we celebrate church service in grand style. Just Luke everything thing else it is used to earn income therefore the socialization. But don’t be too ignorant. We farmers past and present have been celebrating and will continue. Bear in mind the Catholic Church is not in favor of we using the name of Isidore for business. But we celebrate in our own way. Never was there any form of violence in the past during our feast. And for those who say they never come to Grand Bay for that purpose and knows that we treat strangers bad are just IDIOT’S
@Bratt you need a ? down your throat with the BS. You writing @Dominicapassportforsale if it was people wouldn’t come grand bay with their drama ..2 mules
I meant @la men choose toxic waste as you all are,judgemental goats…
@CD, sometimes we have to speak in tongues to make our point ok. Just pray for interpretation because I spoke in tongues to bring forth a truth
I will never understand why they didn’t mention in their story headline that a Newtown man shot people in Grandbay at a dance. They knew that already when it was first reported. The guy traveled all the way there with a gun, for what??
I can’t understand some Dominicans at all. The ppl not from Grand bay and want to spoil my village.
Do they speak English in Grandbay now?
No they speak like your mother
Some of the best minds come from GRANDBAY u are too busy criticizing to know your history..why don’t u put your real name to your comment. If you are so educated why don’t u help them because the bad name goes to the whole of D/ca .the French national will say,( he was shot in D/ca in a village called G/ bay many of the people that are living in town and working in executive positions are from G/ay….May bless u
Who needs English when they can speak Creole. They sitting right by de Lalay challenging you to write something intelligible in English on this blog. The Creole capital does not need to speak simple English as your name suggests. They speak both. At high school level they read and write both. Yo ka li eve pale tou les deux (if u can read this).
You and many others ‘pretend’ not to speak Creole until Jandammes/police ketch all-you in Guada, then all-you start to daypallez lang mama in creole and saying Granbay all you from. Ya right. What English ‘Eat en duh duh’?. lol
lmaoooo….nooooo..they only speak savage..
Why they doesn’t keep their problems in their pocket nuh, Grand Bay have enough bad name already, go back with all your blight ??
Fellows leave Grand Bay people in their thing. Don’t go their on their feast days because they don’t know how to treat strangers. When will they learn and behave civilized? Shame on you Grand Bay thugs. This is a place I don’t frequent at all.
Shut ur face ignorant one and as a matter of fact those involved were not Grandbarians . Stop giving the village bad name.
Who tell you is grand bay man that involved???? Allu need to stay in allu community with all NONSENSE ! Ok
Hope this decision takes you to heaven ???
You won’t catch me over there that’s for sure
Who asked you to come your DA…..Dominican passport go take a shower clean your dirty self
and thats your loss
we don’t want you there dumbass
Word is that it was actually a New Town fella.
Grand Bay people had nothing to do with this, all you too like to give on grand bay. Chaaaa man, is Grand Bay fence that more low so jump it.
But you all well glad to make your siwo and keep people awake all night with your noise for strangers to come and spend their money with you. Some years now I stop coming to St, Isidore because you all forgotten it is to celebrate the live of a saint in the first place and Grandbay now using that as an excuse for a bachanal only. I am sorry for anyone living in Lalay on days like these, no peace for them. So take the good with the bad.
Be broadminded. All Grand Bay people are not one and the same. There are always a few bad eggs in every village, town, city, country, every society. These are the ones who cause all the trouble. It is too bad but this is the way it is at present anyway.
really ?? execution for shooting someone. Do you know the circumstances why that person was shot. If someone picks up a gun and shoots people, unless they are criminally insane then there must be a reason. But you wont inderstand that concept so what is the point in explaning it to you anyway .
What was the reason for this shooting? What caused it? What a shame people cannot attend a function without being shot and at a time as that, when they are enjoying a religious celebration. There is no excuse for shooting people!
Imagine a visitor was also shot. There is no need to have guns in Dominica, unless nationals are hunting wild animals with a licensed gun.
Some people have unlicensed guns. These guns must be eradicated from Dominica.
This is the type of demonstrations Dominicans must organize to remove those guns from Dominica and prevent them from entering into the country. It is time to do something about that.
Those who injure and murder with especially guns must face and receive the full brunt of the Law. No pity for them!
You hear me attorneys who successfully defend them and ask for leniency?
Criminals are not interested in the happiness of their fellow people. Types as these should be incarcerated for life, if not executed.
Do you understand how busy the police and authorities are with marijuana in Dominica, when do they get the time and resources to deal with guns on the island?
Whoever you are ^^^…. you win
Nothing is impossible. The police have a job to do, to also protect nationals. Granted, they cannot be everywhere at the same time. However, some must be reserved to quickly assist to perform other responsibilities.
Was it not recently that additional police officers were being recruited?
It would be a good idea to organize a meeting, to discuss this issue of guns in Dominica.
It is difficult for me to comprehend that so many people have guns in Dominica. The guns came from somewhere. They were transported to Dominica. How and by whom? How many people? How did they escape the scrutiny of the officers at the airport and seaport?
They check travelers for bringing in and leaving with illegal items, even confiscating them. What about the guns? How did they escape them? These are the questions to put forth to Law Enforcement, the government.
When nationals and visitors are shot, injured and murdered, these are serious matters and to immediately attend to.
Another thought. Have these airport and seaport officers ever searched travelers entering and leaving Dominica with guns confiscated them?
I guess that song was right, South city Grandbay is really a bad man place
Doh come so pal. Oursiders chose to come to Grand Bay to act out their greivances. Grand Bay people had nothing to do with this. So do not use this incident to make your guess.
yeah..gwa bay always innocent…smh….
Keep this ignorant speech, Grand Bay people didn’t do the shooting. Pa vini bah gwan bai peis veux non
Stupess….that’s not the time for non sense
JUST because assa made a stupid song doesnt mean its true .i hope he knows its a stupid song saying something like that about grandbay putting the place on the map in a negative light
Dominicans must learn to stay far from any FETE or thing that has “ISIDORE” in it. Fete
Easydoor always leads to easy crime whether fete Isidore is celebrated on the streets of Panama, in Dominica or in Macau, China. People, be careful with Fete “Isidore”
Ignorance is a ting wi pal. When was the last time you hear nothing happen in Isidore in Dominica?
Read the Panama papers and you will see when was the last time
True say!
Stay away from any Isidore!
It has nothing to do with “ISIDORE”, don’t bring in another subject when we are trying to deal with issues concerning gun violence that is out of control. Most incidents that occur during festive times in villages are done by people who reside in another villages.
sarcasm at its greatest! I love it. ÏSIDORE
my boy SAN SAUVEUR..WAS EASY AN NICE..
Because there too far for Roseau people to go