Residents in the Point area were running for cover yesterday afternoon as a gunman fired shots at the house of a shoe maker.

A married couple in All Saints Village remains traumatised after a life-threatening encounter with a masked man in the wee hours of Monday.

Police are on the hunt for three men who shot an elderly man after robbing him of his licensed firearm and personal effects on Wednesday night.

Quick action by police has resulted in one man being held for questioning, up to press time, in the daring daylight robbery of Food Fantasies Supermarket yesterday morning.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong waxed lyrical and sometimes poetic, yesterday, employing the powers of persuasion

Dr Christopher Moyneham, the UK expert in recovering gunshot residue (GSR), yesterday said the residue found on clothing belonging to murder accused Avie Howell and Kaniel Martin’s clothing ranged from low to moderate on different garments and in some instances could have been inadvertently picked up.

Forensic testing on the blue and white bandana recovered from the scene where shopkeeper Woneta Anderson was murdered has shown the presence of DNA belonging to accused Avie Howell, who is on joint trial with Kaniel Martin for the August 2008 killing and the July 2008 murder of British couple Benjamin and Dr Catherine Mullany.

The double tragedy of Stacy Ramirez’s family continued yesterday as her 14-year-old cousin who is accused of killing her was remanded to prison, where he would remain, at least until a High Court grants him bail.

A teenaged girl is clinging to life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) following a gun attack at her aunt’s home yesterday morning.

The lead forensic scientist at the Metropolitan Police Services (MPS) New Scotland Yard yesterday testified that a bloodstained shoe print found on the scene where shopkeeper Woneta Anderson was killed was “probably” made by shoes taken from murder accused Avie Howell.