A 21-year-old man is still in hospital after he was shot in Pembroke Sunday evening.

The young man, who has not been named by Police, was shot at 7.15 p.m. on Park Place Lane, near the junction of St. John's Road. He was shot in his leg and was taken from the scene by a member of the public on a bike.

The Royal Gazette understands he has refused to cooperate with Police.

The shooting was the second this year. Perry Puckerin was shot dead at the Hamilton Parish Workman's Club on January 4. The latest victim is also the sixth person to be shot since December 5, four of whom have died.

Premier Ewart Brown said the recent spate of gang-related shootings marked a new chapter for a country, which has previously only seen only a handful of gun crimes a year.

"That is where the traumatic affect comes in," he said. "We are not used to it. When you look at shootings in many of the other destinations, some of which consider themselves our competition, the shootings are not news anymore and tourists still tend to flock to their shores. It happens that way. For us this is a societal impact like we have never seen, because we have always coveted the fact that there are no shootings in Bermuda — that we are safe from shootings.

"So we are undergoing some trauma as a society and externally people have looked at Bermuda as the epitome of peace, quiet and harmony and those things have been disrupted.

"I believe that we will work our way through this. It will be difficult. The long term will be more difficult than the short term. Because the long term involves working on the underlying causes and that always take longer than the short term fix."