The Nassau Guardian
Police ID five murder victims
Police released the identities of five homicide victims yesterday including the latest victim, Rolley Gibson Jr., whose burned body was found behind a church off Cowpen Road on Tuesday.
Gibson, 23, was a resident of Sandilands Village Road, police said.
His body was discovered after 10 a.m.
Superintendent Paul Rolle, head of the Central Detective Unit, said police believe someone dumped Gibson’s body at the site the night before it was discovered.
It was found behind Refuge Tabernacle on Refuge Court wrapped in a sheet, according to police.
The other victims have been identified as Quentine Rolle, 20, of Plantol Street; Carleau Prudhomme, 17, of East Street; Neko Lloyd, 35, of Gibbs Corner and Braven Hanna, 18, of Constitution Drive.
Rolle was shot as he walked through the Wilson Track area around 9:30 p.m. on April 24.
He died in hospital.
Police arrested two 17-year-old boys, a 37-year-old man and two 24-year-old women in connection with the incident.
Prudhomme was shot and killed on Cordeaux Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. on April 25.
Lloyd was shot and killed on Gibbs Corner after midnight on April 27.
Police said he was at the rear of a friend’s home when he was killed after being shot to the stomach and chest. His death marked the sixth killing in four days.
The shooter fled on foot and the victim ran to the front of the house, where he collapsed and died.
Hanna, who was previously identified by family members at the crime scene, died after he was shot in the head during a shooting on Constitution Drive before 9 p.m. on April 28.
Hanna was a recent graduate of C.C. Sweeting High School. He was sitting on a bench outside a friend’s home, playing a game of dominoes with friends, when a masked man emerged from the rear of the building and started shooting.
This week, South Beach MP Cleola Hamilton called for an end to the violence. She spoke to reporters at the scene where Gibson’s body was discovered.
“I just regret what is happening in the country today,” she said. “...It appears as if almost every day there is a murder. It appears as if people aren’t talking anymore. It appears as if we have very angry people in the country.
“...People don’t appear to care. I am praying for the country. We all need to pray because we are going through a very bad time.”
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