BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – WHILE residents of Old Road are still mourning the shooting-death of two cousins, another young man from that community was shot and killed this morning (Feb. 14).
Information reaching this media states that shortly before midday, Gavin Rogers, said to be 26 years of age, was shot to death in his Wingfield Road home, a short distance from the Old Road Police Station.
Rogers’ death has taken to seven, the number of homicides committed in the twin-island Federation for the year; six on St. Kitts and one on Nevis.
The first one took place at about 6:12 p.m. on Tuesday (Jan.) in the Stoney Grove area, Nevis, where 28-year-old Jelani Liburd of Craddock Road and 22-year-old Keon Moore of Bath Plain were shot. Liburd succumbed to his injuries at the Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday (Jan. 22).
The second and third homicides occurred sometime after 10:00 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 8) in the Green Tree area, where 33- year-old Musa ‘Ziggy’ Warner and his 22-year-old cousin, Shakeem Warner. both of Green Tree, Old Road, St. Kitts, were shot. They were transported to the JNF Hospital where they later succumbed to their injuries.
The fourth homicide victim was 28-year-old Eric ‘Jun Jun’ Thompson, who, on arrival at his Ponds Pasture’s home, was shot multiple times by a lone gunman at about 10:00 p.m. on Monday (Feb. 11).
The fifth victim was Vere Amory, also known as ‘Stiff Jacket’ and ‘Money’, of Ponds Pasture, Newtown, who was reportedly shot and killed in the Alley, Sandy Point shortly after seven o’clock last evening (Feb. 13).
Joel ‘Booyaka’ Phillip of St. Johnston Village was the sixth homicide victim. He was reportedly shot to death while asleep in his home at about 2:00 a.m. today (Feb. 14).
