Police have recovered the car that is believed to have been used during the murder of 31-year-old Rashe Hodge in West End, according to Commissioner of Police Robert Clark.
The black 2006 Toyota Corolla is now in the custody of the Royal Anguilla Police Force and is being forensically examined, the police chief said during a press conference on 10 May.
Officers have also recovered and are examining CCTV footage from that area and other areas across the island in relation to the incident.
“I must say that I am very grateful to members of the public who provided information which allowed us to recover the car which was used in the shooting quite shortly afterwards,” the commissioner said.
A dedicated team has been set up to investigate the shooting.
West End shooting
At about 11.15am on Friday, 9 May, the Royal Anguilla Police Force received a report of an incident near the NCBA West bank and Hughes Medical Centre, involving a person lying motionless on the road.
Police officers and emergency medical personnel responded swiftly to the scene, a police press release said.
The commissioner said it initially appeared to have been a road traffic collision.
“It became very quickly clear that it was not a collision, but had been an attack on a male on a scooter who had been shot a number of times and fatally wounded at the scene,” Clark said.
He explained that the area was cordoned off, detectives and scenes of crime officers visited the scene and recovered a number of items for forensic examination including several spent gun shells.
Missing car
On 9 May, at about 7.30am, a man discovered that his black 2006 Toyota Corolla was missing from his residence in the Tangle Wood Road area, according to a police press release on 12 May.
That vehicle was later found abandoned in a bushy area nearby on the same afternoon and is believed to have been used during the fatal shooting of Rashe Hodge.
As investigations continue, detectives are seeking anyone who was driving along the West End main road between 11.15am and 11.50.
If they have captured dash cam footage or observed anything suspicious, they are asked to contact police.
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