Gunshots Fired in Road Town, Aladdin Store Robbed

Aladdin Store on Flemming Street in Road Town was on Friday morning robbed by masked individuals who discharged shots into the air in the bustling street on Tortola.

Gunfire resonated in the heart of Road Town shortly after 10 am on February 9 , with no reported injuries.

Eyewitnesses’ videos show four bandits clad entirely in black and shrouded in hoods concealing their faces fleeing the scene. One suspect was seen on the video wielding what seemed to be a semi-automatic gun at the store’s entrance.

The specifics regarding the quantity of stolen merchandise remain undisclosed.

Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIP) in a statement confirmed the holdup and added that an investigation has been launched.

This is the second daytime heist in Road Town in less than a year. On July 1, 2023, a pair of armed and masked individuals dressed in all white robbed a jewellery store in the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park.

Both suspects fled towards the parking lot, firing several shots in the air before absconding with a quantity of the store’s merchandise.

Subsequently, Shamul Mitchell, 35, of Sand Box Road, and Jelani Marquis, 27, of Hannah’s Estate, were apprehended and charged with robbery and possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.

They are currently on remand in prison.