McKnight, St. Kitts (SKN PULSE) — A man identified as 32 year old Bernel Whyte alias BJ of Fort Thomas Road, McKnight is dead after shots rang out in an alley between Central Fiennes Avenue, and Upper Malone Avenue, McKnight on Monday night around 9:00pm.
Deputy Commissioner Cromwell Henry confirmed the fatal shooting and indicated that investigations are ongoing.
According to the police, Mr. Whyte was in the company of a female inside his motor vehicle P4850 on Central Street when he was accosted by two masked gunmen who fired several shots at him and his female companion. He exited his vehicle and ran down Central Fiennes Avenue but was chased by the gunmen who shot him several times about his body.
His female companion made good her escape and drove Mr. Whyte’s vehicle to the Basseterre Police Station where she reported what had transpired.
No motive could be learned and no arrest was reported.
Tonight’s fatal shooting is the seventh homicide for this year – six on St. Kitts and one on Nevis.
