Police arrest gunshot suspect
An arrest has been made in connection with reports of gunshot in the Mount Hill area of Pembroke this morning.Police responded to reports of gunfire at about 10.30am and officers then chased the suspects, who were on a stolen blue motocross bike, to the West End.A police spokesman said this afternoon: “A 20-year-old Sandys parish man has been arrested in connection with the earlier reported shooting incident in the Mount Hill/Overview Hill, Pembroke area and the stolen motocross cycle has been recovered.“Out of an abundance of caution, schools in the Somerset area were advised to keep their students inside during the police pursuit of the stolen motorcycle, but those schools shortly returned to normal operation.”He said detectives were eager to speak with anyone who saw two males on a scooter-type motorcycle in the Mount Hill area of Pembroke, entering Mount Hill from the Berkeley Road side at about 10am. The males were wearing dark clothing and black or dark helmets.They also want to speak to anyone who saw the rider of a scrambler-type motorcycle travelling west on Middle Road from Devonshire, Paget, Warwick, Southampton and Sandys and, more specifically, in the Somerset area between 10.15am & 11.30am.The spokesman said: “Inquiries are ongoing into this non-injury shooting and detectives are continuing to appeal for any witnesses or anyone with any information to contact the Serious Crime Unit on 247-1079 or the independent and confidential Crime Stoppers hotline on 800-8477.”A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said earlier this afternoon: “In response to this morning’s incident regarding western schools, please note that the Ministry of Education has confirmed that all schools in the West End, affected this morning by a Police imposed lock down, are now operating normally.”