An Illinois deputy was killed in a shooting while vacationing in Turks and Caicos with her family over the weekend, authorities say. Shamone Duncan, 50, was in Turks and Caicos with friends and family to celebrate her sister's birthday,

A Chicago sheriff’s deputy was killed while vacationing in Turks and Caicos on Saturday, authorities and the victim’s family said. Cook County Deputy Shamone Duncan was fatally shot along with local resident Dario Stubbs near a restaurant on Grace Bay Road at around 10:00 p.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said two people were shot and killed around 10 p.m. near a popular restaurant on Grace Bay Road.

The trip intended to celebrate Duncan’s sister’s birthday has left the family in mourning,” her family said in a statement to the Miami Herald on Sunday. At the time of her death, Shamone A. Duncan worked with the Cook County Sheriff Office,

Illinois sheriff’s deputy Shamone Duncan was shot and killed in Turks and Caicos over the weekend. The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RT&CIPF) announced the tragic news in a news release.

Shamone Duncan, 50, was identified as one of the people shot and killed at a restaurant on Jan. 18, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said in a Jan. 19 news release. Police said Duncan and the other victims were not targeted.

Turks and Caicos has the nicest beaches in the Caribbean, but this year also already two killings, one where an American tourist celebrating her birthday in a popular restaurants was hit by a stray bullet.

Shamone Duncan, a 20-year veteran of the Department of Corrections, was shot dead in Turks and Caicos Saturday, authorities said.