Kalilah worte a brief report on the incident as her birthday party the following night was cancelled because of the shooting:
It was a wild and crazy night last night as two young partygoers, both females, were shot dead—one of them inside the popular nightclub, Putt Putt Bar and Grill.
The club was crowded as many people were out on the town, when at about a quarter to three, a shooter or shooters opened fire into the crowd. Police say they believe there was more than one shooter who hid in the shrubs surrounding the club.
They have not revealed who they believe were the intended targets, although they do believe this morning’s shooting was in retaliation for the murder of Jason Munnings last week Saturday, February 2.
Whoever the gunmen were after, they apparently didn’t care who got hurt in their attempt to get him. They fired indiscriminately into the crowd. Eleven persons were shot. The bartender, 29-year-old Deandra Zetina, was shot in the chest and died.
• 18-Year-old Harry Joseph of Mahogany Street was shot once in the left leg;
• 26-year-old Cyril Jones was shot three times in the left leg;
• 17-year-old Phillip Neal of Cedar Street was shot twice in the upper left arm;
• 27-year-old Mavin Robinson was shot in the rib cage;
• Eddison Flowers was shot in the left cheek;
• Gilbert Pascasio was shot in the right side of the neck;
• 19-year-old Vincent Galvez was shot in the abdomen and right leg;
• 29-year-old Kenroy Tillett was shot in the left leg;
• Christopher Galvez was shot in both legs and the buttocks; and,
• Jermyn Galvez was shot in the right wrist.
Vincent Galvez and Eddison Flowers are in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.
Police say they recovered 37 expended 9-millimeter shells from the scene. They later recovered two 9mm pistols along with four Magazines containing fifteen live rounds of ammunition from a yard on Jasmine Street.
Then about 15 minutes later, the violence continued over at Belcan Bridge in what police believe was retaliation for the Putt Putt incident.
A group of men and women were walking home from Putt Putt when a small Toyota car pulled up a short distance away from them. Police say a lone gunman came out of the car and opened fire on the crowd with a handgun.
He shot four persons and killed 17-year-old Michelle Cattouse.
• 19-year-old Tarique Bowden of Sunflower Street was shot in the right foot;
• 26-year-old Cyril Jones was shot three times in the right leg;
• 17-year-old Dalerose Puerto of Tibruce Street was shot in the right leg; and,
• 17-year-old Michelle Cattouse was shot in the middle of the chest.
Cattouse later died at the KHMH. Bowden, Jones and Puerto were admitted to the hospital in stable conditions.
Police say they retrieved 14 expended 9 millimeter shells from the second crime scene.
Police Commissioner Gerald Westby says that he has set up a task force of senior officers to investigate the incident.