Freedom Fm is reliably informed of a shooting incident in the Cotton Ground area on Nevis early Monday morning that resulted in 2 women Morella Webbe and Sonia Jeffrey both of Cotton Ground being shot.
Reports are that both women were hospitalized but that one of the women, a young mother identified as Morella Webbe succumbed to her injuries and died.
It is further reported that both women had just returned from a 10 thousand dollar Bingo jackpot game and were sitting in a car when suddenly an unknown assailant(s) opened fire on them pumping some 30 bullets into the vehicle which was driven by Webbe.
A police release said that “officers from the Violent Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting incident on Nevis. Incident occurred around 3.45am on Monday April 17 in Cotton Ground. Two persons received gun shot injuries and are being treated at the Alexandra hospital.”
Freedom Fm will have more on this breaking story as it develops. Webbe’s death takes the murder count to 7 in the federation for 2017.
We offer our sincere condolences to the family.