Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect after a dispute over social media apparently led to two people being struck by a vehicle in Bodden Town.
The incident occurred at an address in Hillside Court around 10:45pm on Tuesday, police said in a statement Thursday.
According to police, they received a report that a man had arrived at the scene in a light-coloured sedan, which was driven by a woman and was carrying other passengers.
“The man exited the vehicle and confronted another man at the location, who he was reported to have been having a dispute with on social media,” police said in the statement. “An altercation ensued, which resulted in other men at the location becoming involved. The first man then returned to the vehicle which sped off.”
The vehicle collided with a parked car, and then struck two other men at the location, before it drove away, police said.
According to police, one of the men struck by the vehicle suffered a broken leg, while the other received cuts and bruises to one of his legs.
Both men were transported by ambulance to the Cayman Islands Hospital for treatment and subsequently released.
Following inquiries, police said, they later arrested the 17-year-old male, of North Side, on suspicion of causing fear and provocation of violence and use of an ICT service to defraud, annoy, harass or threaten, in relation to the incident. He has since been granted bail.
Police are appealing for the driver and the other passengers of the sedan to come forward. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Bodden Town Police Station at 947-2220, the RCIPS confidential tip line at 949-7777 or leave a tip on its website.
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