CrimeLocal News 1 person dead, another injured following shooting at service station in St Philip by Barbados Today 12/01/2025 written by Barbados Today 12/01/2025 1 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 2K A man has died and another injured following a shooting at the Rubis Service Station at Kirtons, St Philip, on Sunday, police say. Insp. Rodney Inniss, the police’s Communications and Public Affairs Officer, said police were called to the area around 11:15 a.m. When officers arrived they located a man in his 40s who had died at the scene. Officers were told that another man, an employee of the service station, was transported to hospital in a private vehicle. Inniss said it appears the man who died was shot multiple times. Police are asking for witnesses to come forward. “This occurred on a morning where there were several customers in the service centre purchasing breakfast and food and other persons being attended to with petrol in their vehicles,” Inniss told members of the media at the scene. You Might Be Interested In Shots fired at police during morning chase Lawmen kept busy on New Year’s morning Man shot in Wanstead Gardens “It shows you the kind of brazen incidence that we are facing now. We need to solve these matters, we need the public’s help in getting these things solved.” Junior Leacock, an eyewitness to the shooting, said he narrowly escaped being hit by bullets, adding that there are four bullet holes in his van. Sunday’s shooting death brings to three the number of homicides in Barbados so far in 2025, Inniss said. (DLB) Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Culture vs. Crime: A Groundbreaking Initiative Unites the Arts and Crime Prevention 12/02/2025 Eastern Orators Toastmasters Club Celebrates 12 Years 12/02/2025 Sugar farmers warn of industry collapse without pay rise 12/02/2025