Relatives believe Kervin Ransome, who was shot 17 times by gunmen in Claxton Bay yesterday afternoon, was lured to his death by a phone call. Police said high-powered guns were used to kill the 23-year-old Marabella man around 2 pm at his childhood neighbourhood, Lodge Road, Claxton Bay.
Investigations said a green car rammed the back of Ransome’s gray Nissan Sylphy, causing him to crash into bushes.
Eyewitness said either three or four men began shooting at Ransome who came out of his car and began to run. The gunmen continued shooting after Ransome as they chased him. He tripped and fell down a hill into a resident’s yard and landed on his back in a drain where his killers pumped him with more bullets.
His mother, Rhonda Young, said Ransome, the eldest of her three children, worked at an iron yard a short distance from where he was murdered. Ransome, who was a truck driver, was eating lunch at work when he received a phone call and left.
“He was not going to work he was going home to lie down but he went and someone called him. Whoever called my son to come here, God will deal with you. God will deal with the persons who pull the trigger. What he do allyuh so... 17 shots,” said Young.
She admitted her son had a long list of matters before the court but she said the police always used to harass him. “Somebody had to see something... big daylight,” she added.
Wiping tears away his common-law wife, Tasha James, 24, said they moved to Marabella two months ago. She last spoke to Ransome who went to court yesterday to support a friend who was locked up.
“He said he was not going to work but he went after,” she added.
Even though he had matters before the court, she said she had no clues why someone would want to kill him. Police recovered over 18 spent shells.
An autopsy is expected to be performed today at the Forensic Sciences Centre, St James. Visiting the scene was a party of policemen from the Claxton Bay, San Fernando and Homicide Bureau.
Investigations are continuing.