By KHRISNA VIRGIL

Tribune Staff Reporter

kvirgil@tribunemedia.net

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell has called for cameras to be installed at Fox Hill’s Freedom Park and possible restrictions on public gathering there after a man and woman were shot while standing in the area on Saturday afternoon.

The incident was one of several non-fatal shootings that occurred in New Providence over the weekend.

The brazen daylight attack occurred just before 3pm on Saturday.

A man and woman were standing on the porch of an unfinished building at Reeves Street in Fox Hill, when the occupants of a silver right hand drive Honda drove up and opened fire, police said.

The man was shot in his hip and the woman received a gunshot wound to her arm. Both victims were driven to hospital where they are said to be in stable condition.

Mr Mitchell said something “intense” must be done to tackle crime in the area.

“Once again, I am forced to deplore the shooting of two innocent people on Fox Hill’s Freedom Park at around 3pm in broad daylight,” Mr Mitchell said in a statement.

“With people around and with the shooter reportedly unmasked. This is disgraceful and our people are tired of it. I am appealing to citizens not to take the matter into their own hands and let the authorities deal with it. At the same time, some answers must be provided to the community over this.

“I am recommending that cameras be placed on the park and if necessary restrictions placed on public gathering if the authorities find it useful to put a stop to this. I am deeply concerned about the safety and security of our people.”

Mr Mitchell said he was also informed that at 8pm on Saturday, approximately ten shots were fired into buildings in and around the Fox Hill parade, near the Jungle Club, by a drive-by shooter.

Mr Mitchell said that incident caused people to scramble, but thankfully no one was shot.

He added: “It is clear that something more intense must be done on the issue of enforcement and investigation and that the community must begin closer cooperation with the authorities to get at what is behind this issue. I urge all who can to help.”

Police also reported that a man was shot shortly after 12.30am Sunday after an argument with another man outside a Wulff Road nightclub.

He was rushed to the hospital where he remains in stable condition. Police said a 33-year-old man is in their custody assisting with investigations.

Another incident saw an off duty woman police officer shot in the arm as she left a nightclub on Tonique Williams Darling Highway. She was taken to hospital and is listed as stable. The incident happened at 3.30am Sunday.

Police are also on the hunt for the suspects responsible for separate shootings that happened on Friday.

Shortly after 7pm, police received a report that a man was shot multiple times in his body at Malcolm Road.

Hours later, just before 10pm on Friday, a man was at Derby Road in Yellow Elder Gardens when a man armed with a handgun approached and shot him in the shoulder.

A struggle followed resulting in the suspect dropping a magazine containing five live rounds of ammunition before fleeing on foot, police said.