The 16-year-old girl who was gunned down on Farrington Road along with her mother last October was shot again in her home over the weekend, leaving police baffled as to whether there is a connection between the two shootings.
Inspector Walter Evans said on Sunday that police were not sure if this latest shooting is merely a coincidence.
“Once we would have completed our whole process of investigations, then we will be able to say a little bit more,” Mr. Evans said. “We are closely monitoring this particular situation.”
Police Superintendent Hulan Hanna said Saturday’s shooting occurred after two men, one of whom was armed with a shotgun, kicked down the door to the residence on Prison Lane.
Calvonya Grant went to live with her grandmother after her mother was shot and killed more than six months ago. The shooting occurred just before the girl’s 16th birthday.
When the men entered the house just before 4am Saturday morning, Mr. Hanna said, “These persons proceeded to hold the uncle – Edward Johnson – at bay.
“One of the suspects then asked, ‘Where is the girl who goes to C.R. Walker (Senior High School)?’ On hearing this, Calvonya made an attempt to flee the house. It was at this point that the armed suspect fired shots hitting this youngster in the upper and lower back at the left side of her body.”
Ms. Grant was reportedly taken to hospital where she was still listed in serious condition on Sunday.
Police were still searching on Sunday for a motive in the shooting.
Ms. Grant was first wounded when she and her mother, Ruthmae Alfreda Pinder, 34, were approached by a gunman as they exited a jitney on Farrington Road.
The assailant opened fire on the mother and daughter, fatally shooting Ms. Pinder in the chest and wounding Ms. Grant in the left thigh, police had reported.
Another daughter travelling with Ms. Pinder escaped unharmed.
Following an intense weeklong manhunt police arrested Angelo ‘Nasty’ Brennen, a 36-year-old resident of Yellow Elder Gardens, in connection with the shootings.
Inspector Evans said he has never seen any case like this one where a teenage girl was shot twice within six months.
But he added, “Anything is possible really when you’re dealing with crime. It really has to do with the mindset of the criminal element so there’s no telling exactly what they can do.”
Inspector Evans also reported two stabbings over the weekend.
He said on Friday afternoon Phiscnor Francois, a resident of Wulff Road, was reportedly getting off a bus in the area of Columbus Primary School shortly after 4pm when he was approached by two men.
They reportedly robbed him of $300 cash and other personal effects.
Mr. Evans said that Francois was stabbed in the stomach area and the men fled on foot.
The victim was transported to hospital via ambulance and was listed in stable condition, according to police.
Shortly after, Sonier Thervel, 30, was also robbed, police reported.
While walking in the area of Columbus Primary School, he too was approached by two men, one with a knife.
They reportedly held him at bay and robbed him of a cell phone and a hand chain.
“One of the individuals with a knife cut Soniel across the left hand,” Mr. Evans said, adding that the man was also taken to hospital and treated.
Asked whether there was a connection between the two stabbings, he said that police were investigating that possibility given the similarities that exist.
By: Darrin Culmer, The Bahama Journal
