A partner at a top Washington DC law firm was shot and wounded while vacationing in Turks and Caicos with his family.

Michael Jones, 57, was injured when two gunmen broke into a rented beachfront property on Providenciales, the main island of Turks and Caicos, at about 10.00pm Friday, and opened fire.

They managed to get past security by tying up one of the guards with shoelaces.

Jones then confronted one of the suspects when they invaded the property, prompting them to start shooting.

He was airlifted to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where rescuers transferred him to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.

A spokesperson for the law firm Kirkland & Ellis confirmed to ABC News on Sunday that Jones is a partner.

'Mike Jones, a partner in our Washington, D.C., office, was shot during a burglary while on vacation with his family,' the firm said.

Michael Jones, 57, was injured when gunmen broke into a rented beachfront property on Providenciales, the main island of Turks and Caicos, at around 10.00pm Friday

'Mike was treated successfully and is in stable condition and is expected to fully recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mike and his family, and we look forward to welcoming him back after his recovery.'

According to his profile he is an experienced trial attorney and has been named in America's Best Attorneys twice in the last two years.

He is also an adjunct law professor at Georgetown University.

'The victim received a single gunshot wound to his upper body,' police Commissioner James Smith told local ABC affiliate WPLG.

After shooting Jones, 'the suspects left the scene with possession of a laptop from the home, and nothing else,' the police commissioner noted.

Michael Jones, 57, was airlifted to a Florida hospital after burglars invaded his rented home in the Turks and Caicos Islands (Pictured: Jones on a stretcher 7/28/2017)

Two burglars tied up a security guard with his own shoe laces before shooting Jones in the home robbery

Friday's robbery comes on the heels of another violent attack on an American tourist in the British overseas territory.

On July 22, Kevin Newman, 38, of Smiths Station, Alabama was airlifted to a South Florida hospital after being shot in an armed robbery incident in the Turks and Caicos.

'I mean, it's not possible to completely link these,' said Smith.

Kevin Newman, 38, was shot just days before Friday's incident during a robbery attempt on the Islands (Pictured: Kevin Newman, right)

The US State Department has not issued a travel warning for the Turks and Caicos following the the robberies (Pictured: Kevin Newman right)

The US State Department has not issued a travel warning for the Turks and Caicos, yet noted that crime in the Islands are 'low but increasing.'

Authorities say that are investigating the incident, and the Ministry of Tourism and the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association has offered to assist the families affected by the shootings.

'The Ministry of Tourism continues to work together with the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association to support persons who may have experienced criminal acts within our country,' the Turks and Caicos Ministry of Tourism said in a statement.

'Our thoughts and prayers go out to all that were affected by the events of last evening.

Turks and Caicos Islands is located near the Bahamas and is a British territory

'Rest assured,' the statement continues, 'that we are working together with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands' Police Force and the community to triumph over these heinous acts of crime.

'The Ministry of Tourism encourages all persons to exercise vigilance as we seek to restore the Turks and Caicos Islands that you have come to know and love,' the statement added.

Turks and Caicos is an archipelago made up of 40 coral islands in the Atlantic Ocean, a British Overseas Territory located southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas.

The population as of 2012 was numbered at 31,458, of whom 23,769 live on Providenciales in the Caicos Islands.