The Tribune

By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

THE mother of the teen girl who was gunned down in her home last weekend is in police custody and is expected to be charged with a crime.

Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander confirmed to reporters yesterday that police are questioning the mother of 16-year-old Davinique Gray after she allegedly harboured a fugitive. He did not say what charge she would face.

The teen was killed in her Nassau Village home on Saturday. Mr Fernander had revealed earlier that the fugitive, Gamaliel Gray, was the intended target of the murderers.

Gray was wanted in connection with the death of Gerrad Coakley, who was shot and killed at his residence on January 2. Gray surrendered to police on Monday, accompanied by his attorney.

Commissioner Fernander said Gray was at the Nassau Village residence at the time of the shooting. He suggested the incident was linked to gang retaliation.

“Officers had to chase him maybe a day or so because we were looking for him. He was running from the police,” he said.

“The criminals did their homework. Someone may have communicated or seen him in Nassau Village at that residence. She put the entire family at risk, and it’s so sad that it ended up that the daughter was shot and killed.”

Activist Terneille Burrows called for authorities to prosecute the mother, calling the result of her actions “egregious”.

“Harbouring a criminal is a crime, and seeing the results of what that crime led to is even more egregious,” Ms Burrows said on Tuesday.

“I agree that she must be grieving because if I was in her position I would be absolutely distraught and remorseful because we are all human beings and, of course, we understand that, but at the end of the day the onus rests with her.”