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POLICE: Shot fired during GT robbery

Posted By Kevin Watler
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 7:17 am
Updated Tuesday, 14 February 2012 6:48 pm

A shot was reportedly fired after an overnight robbery in George Town. No one was injured, however. This is the 10th robbery to occur in the Cayman Islands for 2012.

The robbery occurred outside a residence on Greenwwood Drive, George Town.

The robbery was reported at 12:03 a.m. 14 February 2012, but took place around 11:40 p.m. Monday night.

The police report said two men were outside a residence at Greenwwood Drive, George Town playing dominoes when 2 masked men wearing dark clothing approached them on foot and demanded cash.

The thieves were armed with what appeared to be handguns, according to police.

The suspects fled the scene on foot after taking a quantity of cash from each of the men. “One shot was reported to have been discharged whilst the suspects were fleeing the scene,” police said.

“No descriptions are available at this time.”

1 Comment

  1. Norman Linton
    Wednesday, 15 February 2012 5:01 am
    According to Government statistics there were 11,000 robberies with firearms in the entire state of Florida during 2010. http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/getdoc/66defe5f-5791-4722-83d6-72ae469bfc70/1971_fwd_robbery_firearms.aspx However this was for a population of some 18 million. It comes out to 14 per 10,000 people for the entire year. The population of Grand Cayman is about 40,000. So the equivalent for Florida would be 56 armed robberies for the entire year. It just 6 weeks there have already been 10 armed robberies in Grand Cayman. Or, the equivalent of 80 for the entire year. So, based on the first 6 weeks, we have almost double the number of armed robberies, per head of population in "peaceful, crime free' Cayman as in crime-ridden Florida. And guns are LEGAL to buy in Florida.