Overview

• A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot near a community hall in Lamentin at 10:15 p.m. on June 4, making him the fifth homicide victim in eight days
• A 27-year-old man was struck by multiple bullets in the same attack and hospitalized with injuries not deemed life-threatening
• The Gendarmerie nationale’s Research Section has taken over the investigation into the killing and the attempted murder
• Prosecutor Caroline Calbo warned of a “very uninhibited use of firearms” and called on families to hand over any weapons to police or gendarmerie
• Since January, Guadeloupe and neighboring northern islands have recorded 27 homicides—including 16 by gunfire—against a backdrop of growing drug-trafficking activity