A tourist who was killed in the Turks and Caicos Islands earlier this week when the vehicle he was traveling in was ambushed by armed gunmen has been identified as a local NAACP leader from Virginia.
Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force spokeswoman Denyse Renne confirmed that the tourist was Kent Carter of Arlington, Virginia, and told the Miami Herald that his family was notified of his death on Tuesday morning, two days after he was fatally shot while vacationing in the Caribbean. Two other individuals who were killed were an employee with a local business on the island chain and an unidentified man found in Dock Yard on the island of Providenciales, where Carter was killed.
Carter was a member of the NAACP Arlington branch, which notified the community of his passing in a Facebook post. He served as 1st vice president with the civil rights organization and was described “as a nice person and important community leader” in the outpouring of sympathy.
