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 county’s Department of Corrections, and a man who lived in Turks and Caicos were killed by stray gunfire at a bar at 10 p.m. Saturday, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said.

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.

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,

What was supposed to be a weekend of celebration left Shamone Duncan, a 21-year-old veteran of the Cook County Department of Corrections, dead

A Cook County sheriff's deputy was killed while vacationing in Turks and Caicos on Saturday, authorities said. The victim's only son spoke with ABC7 as he mourns the tragic loss.