Youth Succumbs After Stabbing In Castries

A young male who sustained a stab wound succumbed after Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) personnel rushed him to the OKEU Hospital on Wednesday. Police have identified the deceased as Kyle Sylvester. Emergency personnel responded after receiving a call for assistance at Rose Hill, Castries, at 12:34 pm and found that the eighteen-year-old had sustained a stab wound to the area of his ribs. A doctor at the OKEU Hospital later pronounced him dead. The death occurred less than 24 hours after that of 37-year-old Desruisseaux resident Irvin Ferdinand, fatally shot on Tuesday night. According to the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF), officers from the Micoud Police Station responded to reports of the shooting in Desruisseaux, Micoud, around 9 pm. Ferdinand, the brother of a police officer, was wounded in the incident and was pronounced dead at the scene. & & & The article Youth Succumbs After Stabbing In Castries is from St. Lucia Times.