Man, 21, held for siblings’ shooting

According to reports, at about 10 am on Saturday, officers led by Senior Superintendent Macdonald Jacob and ASP Mervyn Edwards along with Sgt Grant, Debier and others, cordoned off the Maloney Housing Estate and detained the 21-year-old and seized a .45 Colt Beretta which was found on him.

Police told Newsday yesterday they have reason to believe the gun seized may have been used in the shooting of the brother and sister on Friday night. The same team of officers also seized another pistol during the exercise but no one was held in connection with that seizure.

On Friday, at about 9.05 pm, the siblings were at Building Seven in the company of their mother Leander Alexander, on a stairwell of the apartment complex, when Liam was shot in the left hand and Laell on her right hand.

Police believe the shooter was firing at a rival gang member and the brother and sister were caught in the corssfire.

Yesterday, the siblings remained warded at thre Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex and were listed as being in stable condition.