Witness Recounts Independence Junkanoo Brawl

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Independence celebrations saw a violent turn of events when a brawl on Bay Street sent Junkanoo performers and onlookers running.

Marlena Leonard has an exclusive with a witness who saw it all and an update on the officer who stepped in.

Monday’s Independence Day rush out was the first full-scale Junkanoo parade since the pandemic, but what should’ve been a happy scene ended up being a crime scene.

Shortly before 7am, a large fight broke out. This witness, who wants to remain anonymous, sharing his account of the bloody brawl.

National Security Minister Wayne Munroe identifying the officer calling him a hero.

That police officer has since been treated and discharged from the hospital.

According to police, no arrests have been made.