By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A MAN died in hospital after he was shot outside his home in Flamingo Gardens on Thursday night.
According to police, the shooting happened on Bahama Boulevard in the Flamingo Gardens community. They said officers were alerted to the incident shortly before 10pm Thursday.
Police said initial enquiries revealed that a man was getting out of his vehicle to enter his home when he was approached by an armed man.
The gunman fired shots in his direction, injuring the victim, before fleeing the scene.
Police said upon arrival, they found the man suffering from gunshot wounds.
The victim was taken to hospital. However, he later died.
While police did not release the victim's identity, family and friends have identified him as Franson Moss, 28, a father of three.
He was described by loved ones as a fun, family-oriented man who stayed to himself.
"He was a fun, loving, ambitious and wise young man. He was an awesome father," his girlfriend Kara Roach told The Tribune.
Ms Roach said his unexpected death has left the family in shock. She said no one knows the motive behind the incident.
"This is tough because it's still very new so it's shocking. Like I said earlier, his kids were his world. He even played the stepfather role to my other two kids... so we want justice and answers," she added.
Thursday's shooting came more than a week after a man was found shot to death inside his car on Lyon Road.
According to reports, shortly after 1am on June 30, police were alerted to gunshots in the Shirley Street area.
When a patrolling unit responded, they found a white Nissan Cube in the middle of the street at the T-junction of St Margaret and Lyon Road, with the engine still running.
Police also found a man slumped forward in the driver’s seat of the running car.
Relatives have since identified the deceased as Marvin Rolle.
Rolle's death followed the June 25 murder of 26-year-old Shavonna Adderley, who was fatally shot outside a home in the Coconut Grove area.
Adderley was murdered a day after her uncle, Gladstone Francis, Jr, was killed at the same address.
Anyone with information on the country’s latest homicide or any other crime matters is asked to call police at 502-9991/2 or Crime Stoppers at 328-TIPS (8477).
Comments
hrysippus 3 years, 3 months ago
Who is killing all these young men and why? The relatives usually describe them as nice young men who loved their families and avoided trouble. Is it just random killing by a deranged sociopath?
Godson 3 years, 3 months ago
Pertinent questions and those in authority seem not to care and don't see this as a matter of top priority. IT IS!!!
ThisIsOurs 3 years, 3 months ago
We are all nice to some people. So the description the relative gives could be accurate, they might be loving and dependable. At the same time they could be involved in dangerous activity. It could be love rivals. It could be a perceived slight. These are all symptoms. The real problem is the thievery going on at the public treasury and the money being siphoned off through million dollar contracts. That money never reaches the people leaving them in over crowded slum conditions where conflict is bound to happen and where young boys are being forced to become soldiers at younger and younger ages just to survive. If we dont implement some serious checks on the ethics and character of people entering these political offices I guarantee in 20 years we will see 9 year olds being led to prison for murder.
Money is the ROOT of ALL evil. Love is the answer
BONEFISH 3 years, 3 months ago
A very simplistic view for a complex issues and problems.
JokeyJack 3 years, 3 months ago
The guns are one issue, but it is actually the bullets that are the problem. Those are the things that enter the body and do the damage. We need to contain the spread of bullets. Somehow we need to convince these gang members to tie facemasks over the end of the gun barrel to prevent the projectile movement. Ensure they are not the N95 medical masks (certainly not, it's not a medical issue silly) - but just the ordinary non-medical type like everyone wears on their face. I'm sure if we put our minds to it, we can think of even more uses for these masks and eventually save the world. Climate change, anyone?
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