By Deandrea Hamilton
Editor
He is both a Grand Bahama (Bahamas) man and a Providenciales (Turks and Caicos) man; 32 year old Brandon Leonardo Rahming is wanted by two Police departments in two different countries for a string of very serious crimes.
Rahming has become evidence and a type of vindication for the Royal Bahamas Police and Minister of National security in The Bahamas who came under fire for the deployment of 24 members of the Force. It is now clear, the two countries which share strong family ties are often dealing with the same suspects and this one is linked to several cold-blooded killings.
“Both law enforcement agencies want to question him reference to murder, drugs and firearm.”
The wanted posters went live in The Bahamas around 1:30pm on Thursday October 27, minutes later the Turks and
Caicos Police published its wanted poster; both containing likenesses of the same man.
“Initial reports state around 6:05pm today (October 26, 2022) multiple calls were placed to the Police Control Room, that gunshots were being heard in the vicinity of the James Stubbs building along Leeward Highway. Additional calls to the Police Control Room reported that the body of a male was lying near Monica Bar bleeding.
Upon arrival, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force officers saw the bleeding bodies of two males at the scene,” informed the police report issued on the night of the shooting which shattered three weeks of peace in Provo.
The now regional manhunt follows that double shooting in the Bight, Providenciales just before sundown on Wednesday.
One man, Paul Missick, was killed on the spot while the other, Louis Francis survived and was taken to hospital. Now, once again, due to the previous violent threat at the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, when a target survived the shooting meant to kill him, the facility has suspended visitations to the general public.
“If he is seen, members of the public are advised not to approach the subject as he is considered armed and dangerous,” explained the Royal Bahamas Police in a statement.
On October 7, 2022 two dozen members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force were sworn in to support the Turks and Caicos Islands and are led by ACP Kendall Strachan in what is dubbed, Operation Anaconda.
Brandon Rahming, originally from Freeport, remains at large.