The Tribune

By LETRE SWEETING

Tribune Staff Reporter

lsweeting@tribunemedia.net

A 21-year-old man was shot to death on Saturday after being chased around his home in the Coconut Grove area.

He was being electronically monitored. According to The Tribune’s records, his death was the 80th of the year.

The murder reportedly happened 5pm on Saturday. The victim was standing outside his home on First Street when two men with guns approached him from a small silver colored Japanese car.

He ran to the back of his home, but the two armed men chased him and reportedly shot him multiple times before returning to their vehicle and fleeing north on First Street.

 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) determined on the scene that the victim had died. 

 Police later confirmed the man was on bail for three offences: possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, possession of a firearm, and possession of ammunition.

 This killing is the sixth fatal shooting for the month and the latest to involve someone on bail for serious offences.

 On October 18, a 34-year-old man was shot to death on Malcolm Road.

 Two days earlier, a man on bail for murder and drug crimes was gunned down while walking along Market Street.

 On October 13, a 44-year-old man on bail for murder was shot to death on Tyler Street off Boyd Road.

 A day earlier, a man in his early twenties was shot multiple times off Eden Street and Balwin Avenue in the Chippingham area.

 On October 9, a 31-year-old man was shot on East Storr Court in the Yellow Elder area.

 The month began with the killing of a 35-year-old man off Geranium Avenue, Garden Hills.