CAY HILL: --- Security guards at the PANAM head office in Cay Hill managed to shoot two of three robbers who tried to rob the money courier service shortly after 8am Tuesday morning.
According to information provided to SMN News two of the culprits were shot dead and was on the ground in the vicinity of PANAM head office in Cay Hill while the third suspect managed to escape in a red unmarked vehicle that heavily tinted.
Chief of Police Peter de Witte confirmed that two men were shot dead by PANAM office while one of the suspects escaped.The top cop said police were busy combing the island in search of the getaway car and suspect.
Eyewitnesses identified one of the dead men as Elton Richardson aka "Salti" whom they said committed several gruesome robberies, including a bank robbery. Residents identified the second suspect as Denzil Jefferson from the Cole Bay area. Some persons who knew the dead young man said that he just recently got out of prison. In the meantime, one guard was also shot and is now nursing gunshot wounds at the St. Maarten Medical Center. De Witte said that the investigation just begun and he could not say who shot first but confirmed the two that are dead are known to the police while the wounded security guard is in stable condition.
In an update Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said that just around 8am Tuesday morning police recieved information on an incident that took place on the premises of Pan American Amored Services. The Police Spokesman said when police reached the scene they found the two bodies laying on the ground while a security guard was injured with gunshot wounds. Henson said based on the information he gathered is that three young men ambushed one of the Pan American Amored vehicle when it got out of the building located in Cay Hill. He said at someone point a gun fight started which left the two unidentified men dead, while a security guard was taken to the St. Maarten Medical Center for treatment and was later released. Henson further explained that the detectives and forensic department are busy gathering information and evidence and they continue the investigation. He said the bodies of the two suspects have been confiscated for autopsies while police is still busy looking for the getaway car and the third suspect who managed to escape unharmed.
