Grandmother Stella Gray while at the FNM-led protest on murder told The Tribune she is haunted by the death of her granddaughter Davinique Gray and fears no one will be arrested for the killing. Photo: Moise Amisial
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS
Tribune Staff reporter
lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
THE grandmother of 16-year-old Davinique Gray, who was murdered in her Nassau Village home on January 6, is haunted by the tragedy and fears no one will be arrested for the killing.
“There is nothing being done to say they are looking for the fugitive that shot and killed my granddaughter,” Stella Gray told reporters outside the House of Assembly yesterday. “So that means that case is closed. I need some active investigation on my granddaughter’s death, okay? I need some closure on that.”
Davinique was the country’s 8th murder victim. Shinikia Johnson, the girl’s mother, was charged with harbouring a fugitive, a man police believe was the intended target of her daughter’s killer.
The fugitive, Gamaliel Gray, was a suspect wanted in connection with the death of Gerrad Coakley, who was shot and killed at his residence on January 2. Gray was at the Nassau Village residence at the time of the incident.
Stella Gray said she is hurting because there has been so much death surrounding her. Her grandaughter’s father was also murdered.
She said: “Who is responsible for her death? He is locked up . . . but who shot my granddaughter? No conclusion come to her death yet. I would like to know who shot my grandchild because there’s no conclusion to that yet.”
“A 16-year-old, and that’s what I want to find out.”
Ms Johnson’s trial is expected to begin on Monday, January 29.
Ms Gray’s comments came as Free National Movement leaders led a protest on Rawson Square yesterday over the murder rate.
“We encourage all Bahamians to send a clear message to the government that what we require is a sense of urgency,” FNM leader Michael Pintard said. “Every minister in the House of Assembly, the leader of opposition, have a security detail. But our ordinary citizens are left to fend for themselves because we have a small segment of this population that is determined not to follow the law, or others are misguided because they do not benefit from programmes that can be life-changing.”
Comments
birdiestrachan 11 months, 2 weeks ago
A man wanted by the police was in the house where your grand daughter was shot
John 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, yes! This is according to police information and no information has been forthcoming from the police about the suspect since the incident. So did the police mistake the 26 y/o for the suspect they were chasing and accidentally shoot the teen?
birdiestrachan 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mr Pintard was having a political show on the backs of those who weep they will do anything for power they were against VAT then they increased it 60% they were against the spy bill then they passed it and then there is toggie and boggie
John 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Obviously this government had no answers to the crime crisis and the out-of control murder. They still want to use the Gestapo tactics America used against Blacks in the 60’s 70’s and 80’s. Those tactics were designed to bring more division against Blacks and the rest of America and hardship and economically driven crime and violence in Black communities. How about going in to these neighborhoods and offering more jobs and economic opportunities, education, and advice and counseling on crime and violence. Is the ‘gangs ‘ story like the people who refused to enter the promise land because they thought it was full of giants?
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