The police at Black Rock Station received a report about 2:25 a.m. on Monday 9th March 2026 from a female caller of Bridge Gap, Black Rock St. Michael who stated that a male had been stabbed at her residence. Police immediately responded to the area and found the lifeless body of a male inside the…
Read More Homicide #9: Stabbing at Bridge Gap, Black Rock, St. MichaelYou may have heard about “six degrees of separation” — the idea that everyone is six steps away from everyone else (I first heard about it via the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon“) – but what happens when you apply that idea to a small island like Barbados, and in particular, to homicide victims?…
Read More How Socially Close Are You to a Murder Victim in Barbados?There have been at least 761 homicides (2000–2025) in Barbados — roughly 30 per year on average. For clarity:• 2000–2013 figures are from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report based on data from The Barbados Police Service.• 2014–2025 figures are from my own data collection. I track homicides in Barbados. My data is not official.…
Read More Barbados Homicides, 2000–2025: Official Data and Independent TrackingPolice received a report about 1:04 a.m. on Sunday 1st March 2026 of gunshots being discharged in the area of a business establishment at Cox Road, Frere Pilgrim, Christ Church. Investigations revealed that a number of gunshots were heard and a male who attended an event at the establishment was discovered laying in the carpark…
Read More Homicide #8: Shooting in Cox Road, Frere Pilgrim, Christ ChurchThe police operations control received a report about 1:36 a.m. on Sunday 1st March 2026 of the body of a male lying at Chapman Cross Street, St. Michael. Initial investigations have shown that the male was in a bar in the immediate area when he was involved in a verbal altercation with another person. He…
Read More Homicide #7: Shooting in Chapman Cross Street, St. Michael