A 26-year-old man has died after being shot on Back Street in South Hill in the early hours of Saturday, 14 February, according to police.
The Royal Anguilla Police Force (RAPF) received reports of multiple shots fired in the area at about 2.20am.
Officers responded to the scene where they discovered an unresponsive man lying outside an apartment complex with multiple gunshot wounds.
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The victim was pronounced dead by medical personnel, police said in a press release the same day.
The area was cordoned off, and investigators were actively processing the scene and pursuing several lines of inquiry.
The name of the victim has not yet been released. The police force offered condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased.
The death marks the third homicide in Anguilla so far this year.
The body of Romaine Ovardo Carby, aged 35 from South Hill, was discovered in a yard near a burnt-out car just after 6am on 7 January.
Krishna Baijnauth, 49, from George Hill has been remanded to prison after being charged with his murder.
Just days later, Clashawn Gumbs, 19, of Blowing Point died after being shot multiple times on Rendezvous Drive in Blowing Point sometime before 9.46am on 10 January.
The Royal Anguilla Police Force is offering a reward of up to US$10,000 for information leading to a conviction.
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