Less than 24 hours after the brazen afternoon gun slaying
of two teenaged sisters on Henderson
Avenue, Kingston,
residents of neighbouring communities are distancing themselves from the
killings.
On Wednesday, under the searing mid-day sun, a group of mainly female placard-bearing protestors blasted suggestions that the sister's deaths were a reprisal for last week's killing of three men on Woodpecker Avenue.
One of the protestors outlined what she says is the root cause of Tuesday's killing.
"Henderson Avenue and Woodpecker Avenue have very close ties, there is no reprisal killing so we don't know about any reprisal killing. There is a series of shooting that started from last week where two men were killed at that corner and the car went down the road and killed somebody else," said the resident.
"They have targeted 40 men and 20 females in this community to be killed. Some people die outside of the community and they are blaming it on the people in this community and we are not aware of anything,"
According to the resident several males from Seivwright Gardens were taken into custody by the Hunts Bay Police for questioning in connection with the upsurge of gun violence.
But residents say these men are not linked to the shootings.
They say a man who moved out of the community was shot and killed elsewhere, but associates of the dead man are blaming men from Seivwright Gardens for the killing.
In the meantime, the residents are refusing to meet with the police outside of the community, as they are fearful that they could be shot and killed.
"We do see the police to put a lid on any violence. Today some of the residents had to go to the Police Commissioner's office,"
"Just a while ago we were informed that Mr. Knight from Hunts Bay [Police Station] wants to meet with us and we must go down there and I think that is very out of order for Mr. Knight because he has the government vehicle that we taxpayers are paying for and I think he should drive down here and speak to us. Why should we walk down there and be a target when we come back home. I don't see the sense in that," she continued.
Up to late afternoon policemen assigned to the St. Andrew South Police Division were keeping a close watch on the protestors.
On Wednesday, under the searing mid-day sun, a group of mainly female placard-bearing protestors blasted suggestions that the sister's deaths were a reprisal for last week's killing of three men on Woodpecker Avenue.
One of the protestors outlined what she says is the root cause of Tuesday's killing.
"Henderson Avenue and Woodpecker Avenue have very close ties, there is no reprisal killing so we don't know about any reprisal killing. There is a series of shooting that started from last week where two men were killed at that corner and the car went down the road and killed somebody else," said the resident.
"They have targeted 40 men and 20 females in this community to be killed. Some people die outside of the community and they are blaming it on the people in this community and we are not aware of anything,"
According to the resident several males from Seivwright Gardens were taken into custody by the Hunts Bay Police for questioning in connection with the upsurge of gun violence.
But residents say these men are not linked to the shootings.
They say a man who moved out of the community was shot and killed elsewhere, but associates of the dead man are blaming men from Seivwright Gardens for the killing.
In the meantime, the residents are refusing to meet with the police outside of the community, as they are fearful that they could be shot and killed.
"We do see the police to put a lid on any violence. Today some of the residents had to go to the Police Commissioner's office,"
"Just a while ago we were informed that Mr. Knight from Hunts Bay [Police Station] wants to meet with us and we must go down there and I think that is very out of order for Mr. Knight because he has the government vehicle that we taxpayers are paying for and I think he should drive down here and speak to us. Why should we walk down there and be a target when we come back home. I don't see the sense in that," she continued.
Up to late afternoon policemen assigned to the St. Andrew South Police Division were keeping a close watch on the protestors.
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