FRENCH QUARTER:--- One person is now dead due to gunshot wounds he received during a shootout in French Quarter, confirmed Captain of the Gendarmerie Slyvian Joualt. Joault explained that one of the victims was taken to the St. Maarten Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries during the night. The second victim he said is currently nursing his wounds at the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital.
The Captain of the Gendarmerie said that both the French and Dutch authorities are working diligently on the case. He said so far what they were able to gather is that the two victims had some earlier disputes and on Thursday night it appears as though they decided to deal with the matter in a shootout. Joualt said both sides authorities are busy working on the case and it is a bit too early to release the names of the victims. He did however say that both victims are young people.
Shooting victim dies in hospital.
On Thursday evening at approximately 11:40pm, a phone call came in to the Police Central Dispatch (911) informing them that an unidentified male was brought into the emergency room at the Sint Maarten Medical center with a gunshot wound to the chest. Immediately a police patrol was sent to the medical center to investigate what had happened. At the medical center the officers learnt that the victim was brought there by an unknown person driving a dark colored car who drove away directly after. According to a witness the victim collapsed shortly after stepping out of the vehicle. The victim was immediately taken to the Emergency Room where the doctors realized that the victim had been shot. The victim was then taken to the operation room to be operated on. Meanwhile information reached the police department that the victim was involved in a shooting incident on the French Side. During the shooting two other persons were also shot and were taken to the hospital on the French side. Where and what the cause of the shooting is, is under investigation by the French authorities. At approximately 3:00am, the police was informed by the staff of the medical center that the victim had died as a result of the wound he sustained. The body of the victim was immediately confiscated for further investigation. The identity of the victim up to press time had not been established.
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