KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines — A country-wide search is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines following a mass shooting in Green Hill late Friday that left four people dead and four others injured.

The killings have pushed the country’s homicide toll for the year to 37.

At a police media briefing on Saturday, Acting Commissioner of Police Trevor Bailey said officers found three of the victims in different locations.

“Two bodies were met lying on the public road,” Bailey said.

“The body of a female was discovered in a vehicle that was parked on the public road, and on an adjacent piece of land another body was discovered.”

The victims have been identified as 22-year-old Green Hill resident Steve King, 30-year-old Antonio Samuel, 26-year-old Shaqueil Peters, both of Green Hill, and 23-year-old Shevon Chandler of Paul’s Avenue.

A preliminary examination found that all four victims had what appeared to be gunshot wounds.

King’s death comes more than a year after his father, 76-year-old Stephen King, was shot and killed at his home and business in Central Kingstown in May 2025.

Four other people, aged 16, 17, 20 and 28, were injured in Friday night’s shooting and taken to hospital. Two were treated and discharged, while the other two remained hospitalised on Saturday, according to reports.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Brenton Smith said police had not established a motive for the shooting but were reviewing intelligence as the investigation continues.

The incident has also brought back memories of the  July 19, 2023 mass shooting that left five people dead, including a 13-year-old boy.

Friday’s shooting came just over two months after another multiple killing in Kingstown.

On July 17, Claude John of Redemption Sharpes and Karon Bowens, also known as Twin, 35, and Giovannie Grant, 24, of Ottley Hall were gunned down in Chinatown.

No motive was publicly given for that shooting. Reports at the time suggested Bowens and Grant, who had extensive criminal records, were the intended targets.

Acting Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Major St Clair Leacock has condemned the Green Hill shooting and expressed condolences to the victims’ families.

Leacock, who is also the parliamentary representative for the area, said the incident was not isolated, revealing that another disturbance involving young people had occurred elsewhere on the same evening.

He said the country must confront what he described as a growing scourge of youth anger, crime and violence.

Leacock said addressing violent crime would require a “whole-of-St Vincent approach”.