Shots Fired – Man Dead, Woman Injured In Vieux Fort

People ran for cover Sunday night as shooters invaded the Westhall Group in Vieux Fort and started firing, terrified residents said. According to the residents, when the sound of gunfire subsided, one man was dead, and a woman sustained injuries to her leg. Vieux Fort police received the shooting report at about 9:30 pm and discovered a motionless man with multiple torso wounds along a concrete path. A medical practitioner later pronounced him dead. The police also encountered a woman in her fifties who had sustained injuries to her leg. Emergency personnel transported her to a medical facility in stable condition. One terrified Vieux Fort resident recalled hearing multiple gunshots while in his home. “”I just run and hide. Bullets pass through my home,”” the Westhall Group man told St. Lucia Times. He said the shooting initially lasted for about fifteen minutes but resumed after a lull and continued intermittently for about half an hour. The resident estimated that the gunfire lasted for a total of about thirty minutes. “Automatic fire, single, twelve gauge, rifle – everything was there eh,” he disclosed. The man, who lives in a wall and concrete house, said he sought shelter in the concrete part...