Fleet Street nightmare
Eleven-year-old ‘Angel’ killed in a hail of bullets
RESIDENTS OF Fleet Street in downtown Kingston are still reeling from Thursday night’s horrific gun attack that ended the life of 11-year-old Taysha Hughes, who was shot in the chest as masked gunmen sprayed a group of young men with bullets.
Elsewhere, the Kingston Central Police have launched an investigation into another incident in which a 12year-old boy was also shot and injured and a man identified as Nicolas Malcolm killed.
SUSPECTED ATTACKER KILLED
The police say that one of the suspected attackers in the Fleet Street incident, 26-year-old Richard Allen, otherwise called ‘Finey’, of Gold Street, was also shot and killed by his cronies during that incident.
A bloodstained blue plastic cup belonging to young Taysha remained as a stark reminder of the horrors that visited the community.
“Dem kill Angel! Dem kill me Angel!” her mother, Julia Hird, cried.
“Why unnuh come kill me Angel? She is the only thing me have. A she me come home to every night and day ... Lord, oh God!” she said in between expletives at the shock of her daughter’s murder.
Uncontrollable grief was also evident on the faces of residents, who wept openly as the police tried to get a handle on the incident, urging them to hold hands in prayers, led by police chaplain Clive Campbell and Inspector Jacqueline Ricketts, the sub-officer in charge of the Gold Street Police Station.
Raymond Walker, a neighbour, told
The Gleaner that he was coming from a church service when the air was shattered by a barrage of gunshots. He said that before he realised what was happening, he heard cries for help.
“I was helpless. The shots were firing and me see her just bend over in the corner. When I rushed over, I saw she was bleeding. She was shot in the chest, right near her gate,” said Walker.