The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net SHIELDED by family members and friends, the distraught wife of the country's 18th murder victim identified his body at the morgue yesterday. The woman, who refused to speak to the press, was whisked away by loved ones moments after leaving the Princess Margaret Hospital Rand laboratory. Her husband, Stephen Sherman, 47, was shot to death during a armed robbery outside his Yamacraw residence on Friday. Greg Sherman, brother of the deceased, told The Tribune the family is heartbroken and most of them have not fully accepted or come to terms with his death. Mr Sherman said: "It hasn't hit us all yet. It's been really rough on his wife. What is even more distressing is that he leaves behind two young children, a 10-year-old boy and a daughter who is eight. They were his world. I don't think they can understand the magnitude of what has happened. "We are here for them, and my brothers and sisters will do whatever we can do to ease the burden on my brother's wife and kids. "My brother had a really big heart. He was a good person. He would take the shirt off his back for you and anyone else. This whole incident is very senseless to us. "What have we come to as nation when we can't live together in peace as brothers and sisters. We just seem to be killing up each other. :There is no value on life anymore, $40 and a cell phone? Is that what my brother is worth? Something is seriously wrong with that." Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said police have arrested a man and are looking for two more in connection with Mr Sherman's death. Police believe the gunman got out of a silver Honda to rob Mr Sherman of his cell phone before he shot him and made his escape in the same car. It is believed someone else was in the getaway vehicle. Detectives are questioning a 21-year-old man about the incident, and they have issued wanted bulletins for Jamal Smith and Kenneth Neely. Smith, 21, alias Slick, of Churchill Subdivision, has a dark brown complexion, is 5ft 7in tall with a slim build. Neely, 21, alias Swamper, of Resurrection Boulevard, has a similar complexion and physique with a height of 5ft 10ins. Anyone with information that may assist police with their investigations is asked to contact them at 919, CDU at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers at 328-TIPS.