An American tourist visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands was among three people killed in a series of shootings in the British overseas territory Sunday, police say.
An American tourist visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands and two other people were killed in a series of shootings in the British overseas territory Sunday, police said.died after people whom Police Commissioner Trevor Botting described as “armed criminals” fired indiscriminately into a vehicle at 6 p.m.
"Our deepest sympathies go out to his family," the NAACP Arlington branch posted on its Facebook page."May God grant them strength during this time of sorrow." Another person from a local business was also killed in the shootings, and three other people were wounded, Botting said at a news conference Monday.
The vehicle was returning two tourists from an excursion when the gunfire occurred. Police chased the vehicle, and an officer was seriously injured in the shootout, Botting said. The suspect vehicle escaped.
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