PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Authorities are on high alert in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, following a shooting incident that left five people dead. Around 8 p.m. Wednesday, local time, officers responded to "a report of a mass shooting" in Kingstown, the capital of the Caribbean nation, according to a statement from the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force. Police told ABC News a group of people were in the Harbour Club area, when a vehicle pulled up and occupants of the vehicle began shooting. MORE: Tropical Storm Bret swirls near St. Vincent as it enters eastern CaribbeanBlinken announced that U.S. prosecutor Michael BenAry has been appointed as the first U.S. coordinator for Caribbean firearms prosecutions. 5 dead in mass shooting on Caribbean island of St. Vincent: Police originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News July 20, 2023 21:51 UTC