NASSAU, BAHAMAS: A 25-year-old man was shot and killed near the entrance to Potter’s Cay Dock early Tuesday morning after a gunman in another vehicle reportedly opened fire on the SUV he was travelling in, following an earlier altercation involving one of his friends.
According to police, the shooting occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m. on October 13, 2026, along East Bay Street.
Officers responding to the scene discovered a white Acura RDX with its driver’s door open and the victim lying on the ground beside the vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body.
Emergency Medical Services personnel examined the victim and confirmed that he showed no signs of life.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim had been at a business establishment with friends when a verbal altercation reportedly developed between one of his friends and another man.
The victim subsequently left the establishment with two male friends in a white Acura RDX, travelling east along Bay Street.
As they approached the entrance to Potter’s Cay Dock, a blue vehicle reportedly pulled alongside their SUV, and a male suspect allegedly produced a firearm and opened fire, fatally wounding the 25-year-old.
The other two occupants escaped injury.
Following the shooting, the SUV veered onto the southern sidewalk, while the suspects fled east along East Bay Street in the blue vehicle.
Investigations are ongoing.
Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact 911, 919, the Criminal Investigation Department at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS (8477).