By John Denny

Observer Reporter

(Charlestown, Nevis) – Police opened fire on a car that looked suspicious after receiving a false report of a robbery in progress Tuesday evening.

According to the St. Christopher Nevis Police Force Public Relations Officer Inspector Cromwell Henry,

Police in Charlestown received a report of a robbery in progress at the Lau Chinese Restaurant on Old Hospital Road at about 7:20 pm on April 28. Officers responded and surrounded the area. During their patrol of the area, officers saw a dark colored motor car with tinted windows of which they became suspicious. They attempted to stop the car, but the driver accelerated as he approached the officers, who scuttled out of the path of the car then opened up on the vehicle as it made its escape.

The robbery report was subsequently deemed false after the officers spoke with the owners of the restaurant.