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Four killed in MoBay's murderous rampage
published: Wednesday | November 29, 2006
Adrian Frater, News Editor
Members of the security forces standing guard in front of a fire truck during yesterday's unrest in Rose Heights, St. James, where three men were reportedly shot dead by gunmen. The residents, who accused the police of committing the gruesome crime, mounted fiery blockades across their community demanding an impartial investigation into the incident. - Photo by Adrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:
Fear, anguish and a cry for retribution ruled supreme in the communities of Rose Heights, Green Pond and Norwood, St. James yesterday, as residents reacted to the murderous carnage in which four men were shot dead by marauding gunmen a few hours earlier.
"Kill me dead a police do it," cried a resident of Rose Heights, who said he was an eyewitness to the shooting in his area. "De man dem dress in a denim. All a dem have on bulletproof vest and a pure M16 dem a brandish. Everything bout dem movements a police."
Those killed have been identified as 40-year-old construction worker Derrick 'Mampy' Hyatt; 28-year-old footballer Anthony 'Duggu' Mowatt; 35-year old labourer Ian Holder - all of Rose Heights - and 38-year-old taxi-operator Livingston Arnold of a Norwood address. Six other persons were wounded in the incidents and have been hospitalised.
Fiery barricades
By mid-morning, residents of Rose Heights, angered by the allegations that the killers were policemen operating as criminals, erected fiery barricades in sections of the community, demanding justice. A large contingent of police, with a fire unit in tow, subsequently visited the area and put out the fires.
"I have heard the allegations that are being made by the residents, but our investigations have not confirmed any such thing," said Superintendent Warren Clarke, commanding officer for the St. James Division. "We are reasonably satisfied that even if the men were so attired they were not members of the security forces."
Reports are that the carnage started in Rose Heights about 10:30 p.m. Monday when a silver/brown Nissan motor car with four men believed to be in their forties, drove to a popular hang-out spot in the community where a group of men were playing ludo. Three of the occupants, reportedly clad in blue denim, bulletproof vests with numbers and M16 assault rifles, exited the vehicle and identified themselves as police.
'Police don't move'
"Me hear de man dem seh police don't move," said the eyewitness, who said he initially stood his ground. "The next thing me hear a just nuff shot and me just start see man a drop. So me just run-off and keep running. A more than 100 rounds dem fire."
When the shooting subsided, it was discovered that Hyatt and Mowatt, who both suffered gunshot wounds to their heads, were dead. Holder and five other persons, who also sustained wounds to various parts of their bodies, were rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where Holder died while receiving treatment.
Half an hour after the Rose Heights shooting, a car of similar description with the same number of occupants - also in blue denim and armed with M16s, drove to Green Pond, where a scene similar to the one in Rose Heights was played out.
"Three man just step out of the car and start beat shot. Man affi run fi dem life," said a Green Pond resident. "A couple youth pick up shot but thanks to the most high none nuh dead."
While the police were busily processing the two crime scenes, another murder was added to the parish's frightening murder statistics - now at a record 164 - with the killing of Mr. Arnold.
Reports are that Mr. Arnold drove into his Norwood home shortly after midnight and was accosted by a number of unknown assailants, who robbed him and then opened fire on him. His bullet-riddled body was found in close proximity to the back door of his house.
Within recent weeks, St. James has again become a hotbed of murders with rarely a day passing without a shooting incident.
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Four killed in MoBay's murderous rampage
published: Wednesday | November 29, 2006
Adrian Frater, News Editor
Members of the security forces standing guard in front of a fire truck during yesterday's unrest in Rose Heights, St. James, where three men were reportedly shot dead by gunmen. The residents, who accused the police of committing the gruesome crime, mounted fiery blockades across their community demanding an impartial investigation into the incident. - Photo by Adrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:
Fear, anguish and a cry for retribution ruled supreme in the communities of Rose Heights, Green Pond and Norwood, St. James yesterday, as residents reacted to the murderous carnage in which four men were shot dead by marauding gunmen a few hours earlier.
"Kill me dead a police do it," cried a resident of Rose Heights, who said he was an eyewitness to the shooting in his area. "De man dem dress in a denim. All a dem have on bulletproof vest and a pure M16 dem a brandish. Everything bout dem movements a police."
Those killed have been identified as 40-year-old construction worker Derrick 'Mampy' Hyatt; 28-year-old footballer Anthony 'Duggu' Mowatt; 35-year old labourer Ian Holder - all of Rose Heights - and 38-year-old taxi-operator Livingston Arnold of a Norwood address. Six other persons were wounded in the incidents and have been hospitalised.
Fiery barricades
By mid-morning, residents of Rose Heights, angered by the allegations that the killers were policemen operating as criminals, erected fiery barricades in sections of the community, demanding justice. A large contingent of police, with a fire unit in tow, subsequently visited the area and put out the fires.
"I have heard the allegations that are being made by the residents, but our investigations have not confirmed any such thing," said Superintendent Warren Clarke, commanding officer for the St. James Division. "We are reasonably satisfied that even if the men were so attired they were not members of the security forces."
Reports are that the carnage started in Rose Heights about 10:30 p.m. Monday when a silver/brown Nissan motor car with four men believed to be in their forties, drove to a popular hang-out spot in the community where a group of men were playing ludo. Three of the occupants, reportedly clad in blue denim, bulletproof vests with numbers and M16 assault rifles, exited the vehicle and identified themselves as police.
'Police don't move'
"Me hear de man dem seh police don't move," said the eyewitness, who said he initially stood his ground. "The next thing me hear a just nuff shot and me just start see man a drop. So me just run-off and keep running. A more than 100 rounds dem fire."
When the shooting subsided, it was discovered that Hyatt and Mowatt, who both suffered gunshot wounds to their heads, were dead. Holder and five other persons, who also sustained wounds to various parts of their bodies, were rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where Holder died while receiving treatment.
Half an hour after the Rose Heights shooting, a car of similar description with the same number of occupants - also in blue denim and armed with M16s, drove to Green Pond, where a scene similar to the one in Rose Heights was played out.
"Three man just step out of the car and start beat shot. Man affi run fi dem life," said a Green Pond resident. "A couple youth pick up shot but thanks to the most high none nuh dead."
While the police were busily processing the two crime scenes, another murder was added to the parish's frightening murder statistics - now at a record 164 - with the killing of Mr. Arnold.
Reports are that Mr. Arnold drove into his Norwood home shortly after midnight and was accosted by a number of unknown assailants, who robbed him and then opened fire on him. His bullet-riddled body was found in close proximity to the back door of his house.
Within recent weeks, St. James has again become a hotbed of murders with rarely a day passing without a shooting incident.
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