The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force officers are currently on the scene of a murder.
Though reports remain limited at this time, preliminary information state at 2.57 pm today (September 13th, 2022), multiple calls were placed to the Police Control Room of gunshots in the vicinity of Grant’s Gas Station along the Millennium Highway.
Based on additional information received, a male body with gunshot wounds to the head was lying motionless close to the Station’s Store.
Acting on the information received, officers were dispatched to the location where they observed the lifeless body of a male with gunshot wounds to the head.
Additionally, the RTCIPF has become aware that photographs from this murder scene are being circulated via chat groups and social media platforms.
You are asked to desist from this immediately.
This Release will be updated as more information comes in.
The public is being advised to notify the closest police station or to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477 and give any information of illegal activity anonymously.