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,

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.

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,

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.

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.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RT&CIPF) said in a news release.

Experience Turks and Caicos extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of an American visitor who tragically lost her life in a recent incident at a nightclub in Providenciales that also took the life of a Turks and Caicos Islander.

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.

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Illinois sheriff's deputy Shamone Duncan was killed alongside a local resident while on vacation in Turks and Caicos for her sister's birthday this weekend.