Prison officer injured in shooting incident
A prison officer has reportedly been injured in a shooting incident on Tortola this morning, Monday, October 9.
BVI News understands that the prison officer was injured after assailants opened fire on a prison vehicle.
The extent of the officer’s injuries is not yet known to BVI News, but our news centre understands that he has been transported to the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital for treatment.
The medical facility is also said to be under lockdown at this time.
BVI News will provide more updates on this developing story as they become available.
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What is going on in that place?
Poor security and management. The prisoners are living a good life and have access to prohibited items which they are proud to post on social media.
When is the Governor taking control. This is now becoming a country run by the criminal elements.
Government is turning the blind eye.
we need a big change before we become the new Haiti.
The elements that have destroyed Haiti were and continue to be European/white manfactured and imposed, dating back centuries.
It is only a colonialist and the historically uneducated, denialist of mind and intentions would peddle such propaganda.
Most people today are not unread, illiterate or misinformed anymore.
Appears that some Europeans and UKites are still totally unaware of this.
All these stuff happening cannot be comforting. We need Britain to take control. Bring the Military and Scotland yard in. We know that UK detective death is no accident. High School Gun attack. Prison Gun Attack. Gun seizure and gun crime every week..This is serious people.
To much drama has been going on since Friday. The officer found submerged in the sea in his vehicle, Gunman shooting up prison transport to break out a witness in n way to high court, gunman going on school campus with guns to confront or perhaps shoot up the school or other students. AS A CITIZEN, I AM BEGGING THE UK TO SEND IN SOME TYPE OF MILITARY HELP THE GANGSTERS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE BRAZEN AND INNOCENT PEOPLE IS GOING TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE WAR THAT HAS STARTED.
How would the Governor have stopped that from happening?
Pay Jamaica to imprison our convicts give them a taste of reality
That the prisoners in jail is running the Territory. They are even running some of the Politicians as quiet as it is kept. The only way things is going to change is when the UK STEP IN. THEY ARE GIVING US PLENTY OF ROPE TO HANG OUR OWN DAMN SELVES. THIS WAY WHEN THEY STEP IN, THERE IS NOT A DAMN THING THAT ANYONE CAN SAY OR DO ABOUT IT. They walk up on the school campus today with guns, tomorrow they may walk into the hospital or a place of business looking for someone and start shooting up the entire place. NO ONE, I REPEAT, NO ONE IS SAFE ON THIS ISLAND EVEN IF YOU MIND YOUR BUSINESS AND LIVE LAW ABIDING. JUST BE VERY CAREFUL AND VIGILANT OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AT ALL TIMES.
You really need to stop the racists comments. This is because your government is corrupt from top to bottom. Too bad you are to racist to understand that! Where is your former Premier? LOL get a grip.
Natures little secrets turned into gangsters paradise.
I agree whole heartedly. All the serious offenders that are currently in the prison need to be shipped off to the Caribbean in a hard prison. It will be cheaper in the long run. Case closed.
There was no gunman at the school, the media needs to stop the reckless reporting!!!!!
We told yall to close the floodgates years ago. Npw the BVI has turned into the same countries that they fled from. Wow! Who could have predicted this would happen!
The only way this Territory is going to get any better is the UK needs to step in. The ones that is in charge just talk a good talk. NONE!!! of them have the BALLS!!! to step up and confront what is going on. They are afraid of what the gunmen will do to them and their family.The gunmen and the ones up on the hill runs this place. You either turn a blind eye or they will lay you down. No one is safe here. You can lock yourselves behind 10 deadbolt locks in your home, you are still not safe.
Totally agree, send in the military from the UK. I’m apt to believe there are more guns on the Island than people.
We all know the detective that was found dead in his car was killed. That was no accident. I guess they thought the car was going to sink out of sight in the sea and would never be found with his body inside.
the only rat that is spreading propaganda is you with your racist rethoric everyday ( one good thing our new Coach did was to kick you and your WIG out of the HOA , but it has released the demons in you, which you expresses on your throne from your yello site , and even the other two sites that you have bad mouthed and yet you still cannot stay off them . But blogging your usual sh*t on them to create fake numbers , maybe your friend from the ghetto slip some of that ( white lady on, so you going
Do you know that the governor is responsible for security? Find out facts before you talk stupidness. The prison and the police are his responsibility so if you want to blame anyone for any failings the blame is his.
And as usual, BVI News have deliberately denied/blocked thumbs uo from authentic Black comments.
Do they think we are that dumb that we are not seeing the practice? They are fooling themselves daily. But, they own the site, thus the perogative to do as pleased.
Tortola ain’t sweet no more
@Anonymous. Your lofty and upright righteousness thinks that educating us on colonialism, once, again is first!, while dealing with an immediate crisis. Who takes the colonial bate while real solutions need ATTENTION! Keep people asleep with that, as you are now also the colonialist. HELP your people NOW. THIS lofty drop of education your reading is far more relevant, important and urgent NOW.
I said the same exact thing but you beat me to the punch. I am scared for my safety due to what have transpired in the last few days. What if the gunmen run up in the post office or a government office building and start spraying everyone in sight. Is that what it is going to take for proper security measures to be put in place? We are all sitting ducks hoping not to get picked off. I am very vigilant of my surroundings.
December 31 2023.
What that have to do with the shooting . Mind ur business. Yall chat to much