The police say they are continuing their investigation into the shooting death of 16-year of Tafari Joseph of Villa.
Reports are that several persons have been taken into custody by the police but no arrests have been made.
Joseph was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre around 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, with an apparent gunshot wound to the left side of his chest. He was later pronounced dead by a medical doctor. The police are appealing to anyone with information that may assist in the investigation to contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913 or call Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS (8477). All calls will be handled with strict confidentiality.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne noted that he is saddened by the turn of events as Joseph was among the young people that he reached out to in his anti-gang initiative several months ago.
“We enrolled him in ABICE, bought all his tools, books, uniforms and offered him a job on the clean-up crew, in which he doing ‘learn and earn’.
“He was the first to drop out of ABICE and now the first among them to be killed allegedly committing a robbery.
“Though sad; I trust this will be a wake-up call for the others,” the prime minister wrote in a social media post.
