The scene of yesterday’s shooting in which a man was killed. Photo Chappell Whyms Jr
By KEILE CAMPBELL
Tribune Staff Reporter
kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
A young father was killed as he held his eight-month-old daughter in his arms yesterday, mere steps away from his home on Boswaina Court.
In the sudden and brutal shooting, a gunman emerged from a white Japanese vehicle, unleashing a hail of bullets on the 27-year-old.
The infant in his arms remained physically unharmed; another six-year-old nearby was also uninjured.
The victim’s family could be heard wailing as the police press liaison debriefed the press on the incident.
Officers are intensifying their search for the lone gunman after the Flamingo Gardens incident marked the 90th murder of the year.
The victim had reportedly just returned to his residence after picking up his daughter and another six-year-old child from school.
Authorities fear the psychological toll on the children.
Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said: “I’m sure the children are traumatised. Adults are traumatised when these incidents occur.”
Police said the victim is known to them but the investigation remains in its early stages.
“As a country, we have to be able to talk to our males,” CSP Skippings said. “We have to let them know that we will have conflicts, but we have to find different ways to resolve these conflicts using an edge tool not a firearm. It’s not the answer. It escalates the situation more.”
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bahamianson 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Well, the 8month old doesnt know what is going on and will not be traumatized. The other girl, will or may not be. You see, gun slinging is a way of life in the bahamas. Wr are used to it. No trauma, we good. In fact, people enjoy the photos. We arw used to everyday stealing, gunshots, breaking the speed limit, running the red light, girls going to school with skirts up to their butts, guys smoking dope, taking coke, watching fights in school, sex in schools on buses, carnival girls shaking and showing everything, coreuption 400 hundred attempted suicides a year, high gas prices, high grocery prices, people getting low sentences for rape and murder. We are used to corrupt politicians , police officera immigration and customs officers. Wr are used to tipping every governmental worker for work they are supposed to do. Wr are used to the mental and psychological abuse that occurs daily. Get over it and move on.
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