Police recently launched a nationwide manhunt for five men wanted in connection with three murders committed on New Providence in just over 24 hours over the weekend.
Police are looking for Hans Neely, Duran Neely and Aaron Neely, who all live at the same home on Avocado Street in Pinewood Gardens, to question them about the murders that took place in Nassau Village and Pinewood Gardens.
They also want to question Dior Johnson of Spice Street, Pinewood Gardens, and Kenneth Neilly of Guinep Tree Street, Pinewood Gardens.
“We believe that these persons have pertinent information and they are major suspects in these particular inquiries that we have ongoing,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said during a press conference at police headquarters.
He said some of the suspects are related but would not specify their connection.
The men are wanted for questioning in connection with the murders of Robert McIntosh, Gwyneth Duncombe and Rhajashe Pinder.
McIntosh was shot in front of a home in Nassau Village on Saturday around 8 p.m. Duncombe was a backseat passenger who was shot while in a car in the Pinewood Gardens area on Saturday after 2 p.m.
Police said she and the two other occupants had just left a wedding reception before she was shot. Pinder was killed around 9:15 p.m. Friday after he arrived at his home in Nassau Village. Ferguson said police are trying to determine if the three killings are connected.
“Hopefully over another couple of days, we should be in a position to make that determination,” he said. “I have some information, but I don’t want to divulge it at the moment because it prejudices the investigation.”
When asked if the three weekend murders were gang-related, Ferguson said, “There are some persons in our community who we are not happy with – their behavior.
“And we make an appeal to persons who are connected to them, whether that be family, friends, to encourage these persons to learn how to conduct themselves in a society; persons who have information of persons operating outside the scope of the law to make a report to the police so we can take those people out of society and place them before the courts.”
Ferguson was evasive when asked to confirm reports that one of the victims was a trial witness.
“We are very concerned with all persons who are murdered, whether they are witnesses or not,” he said.
“I think that’s the central focus. As a team as we move forward. All of these persons who are murdered have family members, and we don’t want to seem to be putting more emphasis on one set of people. We try to treat all of them equally.”
He added that police would not throw their resources out of balance by increasing patrols in those areas.
“We really would like to increase it, but we have to work with what we have,” Ferguson said.
Police do not suspect that the death of a man early yesterday is connected to the three earlier murders. That death brought the murder count to 77, head of the Central Detective Unit Superintendent Paul Rolle said.
By: Taneka Thompson
Guardian Senior Reporter
