A body is taken from the scene of Saturday’s shooting on West End Avenue. Photo: Nikia Charlton

A double shooting outside a church left one man dead and another in hospital, while a separate shooting on Saturday saw another man remain in critical condition in hospital.

The fatal shooting happened around 4.15pm after shots were fired on West End Avenue.

Officers arrived at the scene to find two men, believed to be in their 20s, suffering from gunshot wounds. One died on the spot and the other was taken to hospital.

Police said the victims, along with a group of other people, were sitting in the church parking lot when two men got out of a dark Japanese vehicle and opened fire, hitting both men multiple times.

Superintendent Terrico Sweeting said at the scene that police were alerted by Shotspotter technology to the shooting.

He said the Japanese vehicle crossed West End Avenue before turning around and approaching the scene of the shooting.

Sup. Sweeting said none of the victims were known to police and noted there were a number of security cameras and police “relied heavily” on the camera footage for their investigation.

He asked people to be “more vigilant and be more careful”. He said: “How many bodies do we have to pick up as police officers every day? Is it just our problem as an organization like the Royal Bahamas Police Force? Or is it the problem of the whole society? So we have to think introspectively, as Bahamians, as Bahamian people. We always say one nation, one people under God. Let us be one true nation and one people under God, let us have a true focus.”

Earlier around midday, a man was sitting in a vehicle on Willow Tree Street in Pinewood Gardens when two people got out of a dark Japanese vehicle and fired at his vehicle, hitting him on the top and bottom of the body.

The 25-year-old victim was taken to hospital in a private vehicle, where he is said to be in critical condition.

Police ask anyone with information to contact 911, 919, CID at 502-9991/2 or Crime Stoppers at 328-8477.