34-year-old Marlon \u201cMOB\u201d John of Fairbaine Pasture was gunned down last Sunday; just 4 months shy of his 35th birthday. His death brings to 8, the total number of homicides committed thus far for 2020.<\/p>\n
Sources saying two masked men pulled up on the scene and opened fire before fleeing sometime around 3:15 pm. According to police investigators, \u201cthe deceased was shot multiple times about his body\u2026 he was taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival by the District Medical Doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence John, the deceased\u2019s father, told reporters on Tuesday that his last memory of his second to last offspring was of him leaving the house. \u201cI was here fixing a lock and he been inside wanted to come outside but the door was locked. When I got the door open he went up the road. From the time he went the road he came back down for a bottle. He was the road all the time since he went back up, then I hear up the road \u2013 \u201d he imitates rapid fire gunshots.
\n\u201cFrom the time me hear that sound me say boy something happen so I went on the step and stand up. And I saw like some people ah run,\u201d the elder John continued.
\n\u201cI saw someone waving , ah tell me come. Me say come for what? A next guy came down the road say Marlon deh up deh shot.
\n\u201cMe say \u2018Marlon deh up deh shot?\u201d The father of 10 children explained that upon arriving on the scene he was greeted with the sight of his son trying \u201cto get up in a pool of blood.\u201d An officer phoned for back up and a Suziki driving Samaritan offered to rush Marlon to the Accident and Emergency department of the local Hospital. \u201cWell the condition of how he bin deh you had to put a sheet or so in the vehicle. I help them put him in the vehicle.\u201d
\nBut that was about as much of the ordeal as the grieving single parent could have faced. He opted out of travelling to the hospital. The two shared a cordial enough relationship but Lawrence John was unable to say whether or not his son died as result of any particular motive. \u201cSometimes Marlon come in all hour ah night me don\u2019t even know. Yo done know when you have children they does off and on but he was no problem to me because he\u2019s my son he was no problem.\u201d
\nThe two lived together but the elder John is not yet able to say when last rites would be observed for Marlon even though the mandated autopsy was just finished. Asked if he knew how many shots took his son\u2019s life, he responded, \u201cThey say \u2018bout 15. Must be way them find. 15 shots they say.\u201d
\nHe described the resulting wounds and injuries, \u201cone foot break, one hand break, he got a bullet in his face \u2013 two bullets across he face. His fingers and chest \u2013 boy is life eh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whilst his father was hesitant to describe him as a troublemaker, he did acknowledge their mutual disagreements none of which gave the elder John any cause to fear violence at the hands of his child.
\nHe was however mindful that there might have been at least some reason for his son\u2019s senseless killing.<\/p>\n
\u201c25th of next month would be three years\u201d since his mother died. \u201cHe gone go meet her ,\u201d John further opined, a he took to mean would be reflected in death as it was in life as Marlon lived with his mother in Villa before her death 3 years ago.<\/p>\n
Marlon was shot while in the company of another male, suspected to be the son of the groceries and liquor shop\u2019s proprietors. Although police bulletin lists a 30 years old labourer as being \u201cshot on the back of his left leg\u201d the victim was not named.<\/p>\n
Investigators are still looking into \u201cthe circumstances surrounding [the] shooting incident.<\/p>\n
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34-year-old Marlon \u201cMOB\u201d John of Fairbaine Pasture was gunned down last Sunday; just 4 months shy of his 35th birthday. His death brings to 8, the total number of homicides committed thus far for 2020. Sources saying two masked men pulled up on the scene and opened fire before fleeing sometime around 3:15 pm. According<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crime","category-mainstory"],"yoast_head":"\n