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Park, 100 lanes feud claims another life
KIMONE THOMPSON. Senior staff reporter [email protected]
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
THE long-standing feud between Park and 100 lanes off Red Hills Road in St Andrew claimed another life Saturday night.
This time it was 39-year-old Donovan 'Shabba' Bryan of Park Lane who was shot and killed around 7:50 pm in front of an exotic club on Constant Spring Road. His 30-year-old brother was shot in both legs and his shoulder in the same incident.
Close friends of the men claimed the deed was done by men of 100 Lane but did not divulge why they thought so.
The brothers had reportedly just arrived at the club, which friends say was one of their favourite spots, and as they got off their motor bikes, armed men pulled up in a car, alighted and fired.
Donovan died on the spot, his body just inches from the entrance to Wayne's Sport Bar, but his brother tried to escape by running up Constant Spring Road. He was, however, chased and shot. Police confirmed that he had been hospitalised.
Family and friends of the men who converged on the scene Saturday night were visibly shaken. Some, men included, wept openly while others expressed anger at 'Shabba' for not having taken their advice to lay low.
"Him cyaan hear enuh. Mi tell him nuh tek out di bike. Mi tell him nuh fi mek certain flex but him nah hear man," lamented one man.
"Mi cyaan believe Shabba mek dem eediat bwoy deh kill him," he said later, adding that he knew who was responsible and hinting that they would pay for killing his friend.
Gang and politically related warfare has been going on in both areas for decades. Park Lane is aligned to the Jamaica Labour Party while 100 Lane is linked with the People's National Party.
Shabba was one of four men who were arrested and charged for the murders of seven persons, including three children, at 100 Lane in January 2002. All four accused were acquitted.
Member of Parliament for North Central St Andrew , Karl Samuda (JLP), told the Observer that Shabba was part of the labour party's team and was a strong campaigner. His death, he said, was "a very serious loss".
"He was very close to the organisation. He was one of the key figures in Park Lane and part of the largest family there.
"This will no doubt impact the lives of so many people in the area but the most we can hope for is that there will not be any reprisal killings," Samuda said.
Denying suggestions that the slain man was a don, Samuda said he was one of the persons in the community who ensured that peace prevailed.
"We have spent a lot of time getting things the way they were and I think now it will take much more time getting things back as they were," he added.
KIMONE THOMPSON. Senior staff reporter [email protected]
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
THE long-standing feud between Park and 100 lanes off Red Hills Road in St Andrew claimed another life Saturday night.
This time it was 39-year-old Donovan 'Shabba' Bryan of Park Lane who was shot and killed around 7:50 pm in front of an exotic club on Constant Spring Road. His 30-year-old brother was shot in both legs and his shoulder in the same incident.
Close friends of the men claimed the deed was done by men of 100 Lane but did not divulge why they thought so.
The brothers had reportedly just arrived at the club, which friends say was one of their favourite spots, and as they got off their motor bikes, armed men pulled up in a car, alighted and fired.
Donovan died on the spot, his body just inches from the entrance to Wayne's Sport Bar, but his brother tried to escape by running up Constant Spring Road. He was, however, chased and shot. Police confirmed that he had been hospitalised.
Family and friends of the men who converged on the scene Saturday night were visibly shaken. Some, men included, wept openly while others expressed anger at 'Shabba' for not having taken their advice to lay low.
"Him cyaan hear enuh. Mi tell him nuh tek out di bike. Mi tell him nuh fi mek certain flex but him nah hear man," lamented one man.
"Mi cyaan believe Shabba mek dem eediat bwoy deh kill him," he said later, adding that he knew who was responsible and hinting that they would pay for killing his friend.
Gang and politically related warfare has been going on in both areas for decades. Park Lane is aligned to the Jamaica Labour Party while 100 Lane is linked with the People's National Party.
Shabba was one of four men who were arrested and charged for the murders of seven persons, including three children, at 100 Lane in January 2002. All four accused were acquitted.
Member of Parliament for North Central St Andrew , Karl Samuda (JLP), told the Observer that Shabba was part of the labour party's team and was a strong campaigner. His death, he said, was "a very serious loss".
"He was very close to the organisation. He was one of the key figures in Park Lane and part of the largest family there.
"This will no doubt impact the lives of so many people in the area but the most we can hope for is that there will not be any reprisal killings," Samuda said.
Denying suggestions that the slain man was a don, Samuda said he was one of the persons in the community who ensured that peace prevailed.
"We have spent a lot of time getting things the way they were and I think now it will take much more time getting things back as they were," he added.
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