{"id":360806,"date":"2026-05-11T21:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=360806"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:54:11","slug":"two-arrested-following-fatal-picard-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/death\/two-arrested-following-fatal-picard-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested following fatal Picard shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-251236\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fatal-shooting-e1716816981432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police have arrested two individuals, a male and female, following a shooting incident which left one man dead in the Picard area on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This information was revealed by Police Chief Lincoln\u00a0<span aria-haspopup=\"true\">Corbette<\/span>\u00a0during a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The victim was identified as a national from St Kitts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to\u00a0<span aria-haspopup=\"true\">Corbette<\/span>, at about 9:20 PM last evening, the Portsmouth police reported gunshots in the vicinity of Picard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe police responded and found the body of a young\u00a0black male with braided hair lying motionless,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe doctor was summoned to the scene and pronounced the individual dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span aria-haspopup=\"true\">Corbette<\/span>\u00a0urged members of the public\u00a0to assist the police\u00a0by calling the hotline at 1-800 TIPS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have arrested two individuals, a male and female, following a shooting incident which left one man dead in the Picard area on Sunday evening. 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