CARS! CARS!
HOUSE & HOME MONDAY
HIGH 91ºF LOW 81ºF
The Tribune L AT E S T
N E W S
CLASSIFIEDS TRADER
O N
T R I B U N E 2 4 2 . C O M
Biggest And Best!
Volume: 123 No. 163, Monday, July 20, 2026
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER: PRICE–$1
FAMILIES HAVE TO WAIT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR DNA RESULTS burial Traffic chaos on Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge Delaying of loved ones in
Independence Day plane crash !"#$*'&=)'#)>$$* /012345#?@15A#)59:0650 !*2!!,()*%+#$,",-%./$,)
3453674)*#894:%);4<.%!,-4+*.9,'4+.**,!!,-4);*2#&;4)*.=%842$4);,4>%*4>%-$,14?2%)%,*4@*%-&,42$4A*%-.14"2*$%$&B4';2C%$&4 2$,4C,;%8!,4)2:.*-'4);,4)2!!4+22);'4.$-4'".';%$&4%$)24',C,*.!42);,*'4%$4.48;.2)%840%!,D#04);.)4')#$$,-4"2)2*%')'4 +#)48.#',-4$24',*%2#'4%$E#*%,'/4?;2)2F4B5C14#.7D7215GH*%+#$,4A%*')43!,*)4I,.);,*44444.**#E,$$#./>)%#;'-*#E(<*
gunman got out and opened fire, fatally wounding him. Responding officers found Miller unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His family was left devastated, with his killing coming just one week after the murder of his first cousin, 33-year-old Delano Miller.
!"#;'<*$#!'($*% /012345#.678#)59:0650 0+.%!,1()*%+#$,",-%./$,)
Delano was one of five people shot in Bain Town on Independence Day. His relatives believe he was an innocent bystander caught in a barrage of gunfire. A relative told The Tribune the back-toback killings have left the family shaken and struggling to cope with another MURDER - SEE PAGE FOUR
DNA - SEE PAGE EIGHT
FIVE DOGS ATTACK ELDERLY MAN
50-year-old man shot dead in car A WEEK after losing one relative to gun violence, a family was struck by tragedy again on Saturday when a 50-year-old man was shot dead while sitting in his car outside his home. Police said Omar Miller was sitting in his red Volkswagen outside his Cowpen Road home just before 1pm when a darkcoloured SUV pulled up. A
SOME grieving families of victims killed in the Independence Day plane crash have been told they may wait up to eight weeks for DNA results before they can identify and bury their loved ones, deepening their anguish and renewing calls for The Bahamas to establish its own national forensic laboratory. Relatives submitted DNA samples last week
after several victims reportedly could not be identified because their bodies were severely burned in the July 10 crash near San Andros Airport. Police told some families the samples would be sent to a laboratory in the United States and that efforts would be made to expedite the process. Lavonia Burrows, whose brother Rashad Storr was among the 10 people killed,
OMAR MILLER
A 70-year-old man says he was mauled by five dogs as he walked home on Friday night, suffering wounds to his neck, arm and leg that required surgery, while his sister warned that someone could be killed unless authorities move decisively against
dangerous animals roaming neighbourhoods. Jackie Livingston Thompson claims he was attacked by his neighbours’ dogs on Balls Alley at about 11pm after returning from a store. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, only hours after being discharged from hospital, Mr Thompson remained visibly injured. MAULED - SEE PAGE THREE
AG defends witness protection programme !"#$%&'()*#+,&&(&-. /012345#.678#)59:0650 !"#$$%$&'( )*%+#$,",-%./$,) WITNESSES who fear they may be killed must report the threat to police before authorities can decide whether to protect them, Attorney General Wayne Munroe said as he defended the country’s witness protection system after the killing of businessman
James McPhee ahead of his testimony in a robbery trial. McPhee, 59, was found with severe upper-body injuries last week after police believe he was deliberately struck by a vehicle near Spikenard and Carmichael Roads. Two off-duty police officers reportedly witnessed the incident, pursued the vehicle and exchanged gunfire with its occupants. One suspect was wounded
and arrested, while others escaped. Relatives said the arrested suspect is the same man accused of robbing McPhee last year before being released on bail pending trial. McPhee, who owned a heavy-equipment and environmental health business, was expected to testify in the robbery case later this year. His family believes his killing may have been linked to his upcoming
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
testimony, although police have not confirmed a motive. His death prompted relatives to question whether greater protection should have been available before he was killed. Speaking on the sidelines of an event at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force base on Friday, Mr Munroe WITNESS - SEE PAGE THREE