Police have arrested several people in connection with the recent spate of shootings — but Police lambasted the public for not reporting gunfire to the Police.

Superintendent Antoine Daniels said yesterday that Shane Minors, who was murdered on Thursday, was shot more than once but lay undetected for five hours outside his home in the heavily populated South Terrace, Friswells Hill neighbourhood.

Mr. Daniels said there was no accuracy to radio and television reports indicating a silencer was used.

"That is not true, gunshots were heard around one a.m." he said. Police were not notified until 6 a.m.

"This is the type of reckless and non-caring behaviour that the Bermuda Police Service has consistently attempted to address during various interviews with the press," he said.

"I will repeat today to ensure that residents are extremely clear on the message the Bermuda Police Service is trying to convey — and this is not to increase fear within the community or imply that officers will not continue to play a prominent role in their fight against violent crime and anti-social behaviour, but instead to express some real concerns.

"We can all come together and make a concerted effort to arrest this behaviour and events, or sit back and take the risk of gunfire coming to a place near you.

"If you hear or see something call the Police. Don't think 'well, if I know, the Police must.' We don't know everything that is going on in every neighbourhood."

Last night Police were told of more gunshots on Friswells Hill, those rumours were not confirmed by press time.

Mr. Minors was the fourth person murdered in 2009 — three of the murders have happened in the last two weeks.

He was also the 17th person shot this year.

The Police already have two suspects for the shooting of Shaki Minors and Renee Kuchler on November 13 outside Southside cinema. They also have two suspects for the murder of Kumi Harford who was shot multiple times outside his St. Monica's Road home on December 5 and one suspect for the murder of Gary "Fingaz" Cann, who was shot on Tuesday evening outside a Sound View Road residence in Somerset.

The Police have no suspects for Mr. Minors' murder.

Yesterday, Police said they have arrested several people in connection with the violence, but that the arrests did not necessarily mean the individuals were involved in the shootings.

They are awaiting forensic evidence from all these shootings to be processed overseas. They are also waiting for people to come forward as witnesses before deciding if any charges should be made.

As for how many guns are currently on our small Island, Police don't know. But earlier yesterday Commissioner Michael DeSilva said: "We are following forensic leads that tend to suggest that some weapons have been used on multiple occasions."

Meanwhile, high level crisis talks were held on Thursday between the Governor, Premier and Police Commissioner as well as others about legislative and policing reforms they believe can help thwart the spiralling gun violence.

One suggestion has been a curfew.

Minister of Public Safety David Burch told ZBM the curfews could be area specific or time specific and he did not anticipate there being a blanket curfew.

In the Senate he added: "The full gamut of Legislative options, including curfews, has been prepared by the Attorney General's Chambers and awaits a decision based on the lack of success of current operational actions. The Governor did not respond to a request on whether the House of Assembly would be specially recalled in order to pass these initiatives.

Sen. Burch added: "I am not going to lay bare all of the plans that are contemplated — so as not to alert the lawbreakers but I shall lay out some of those actions."

He too called on the public to come forward with information: "While these have been daunting days, I cannot stress enough that the public's cooperation is needed now more than ever. These incidents have witnesses and we need those individuals to come forward and provide whatever they know to the Police."

And Attorney General Kim Wilson said the Government is still working on legislation previously made public. These include legislation to hold negligent parents accountable for criminal and anti-social behaviour their children commit as well as longer prison sentences and establish a witness protection programme.

And the Attorney General explored parents to do all that is within their powers to keep their children on the straight and narrow. She suggested confiscating cell phones, monitoring who children are friends with and banning violent television and music.

"We are already loosing one generation, we will not lose another — tough measures for tough times."

Police release CCTV film of Court Street shooting

For the first time ever the Bermuda Police Service is releasing CCTV footage of a shooting on Bermuda's streets.

This footage was taken outside of C&R Discount store on Court Street Wednesday when a young man fired a handful of shots on the busy Hamilton road.

The brazen attack was done in front of more than a dozen people, in fact at least seven of them can be seen running from the scene.

The young man, who was just yards from others on the street, began firing shots as bikes and a truck tore off.

Despite this, not a single person has stepped forward to tell Police what they saw or what the young man — who ultimately could have killed them — looked like.

Police are appealing for witnesses for this shooting and others that have happened in recent months.

They are hoping this footage may jog someone's memories.

Three people have been shot dead in the last two weeks and 17 people have been shot in total.

To date, there have been a total of 70 recorded incidents involving firearms. Of these reports 27 have been confirmed either by the recovery of bullets (7), recovery of firearms (4), physical injury or damage (16), and arrests with the recovery of firearms (2).