After turning away from a life of crime 13 years ago following the birth of his daughter, death came calling at the home of a 41-year-old Mt Hope labourer on Monday night.
Antonio Cyrus was at his home on Mt Hope Road just after 10 pm when a familiar voice called out to him. When he answered and stepped outside, he was met by bullets. He collapsed and was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex where he died
Speaking with the media at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, his wife, who declined to give her name, said Cyrus was a changed man who lived a law-abiding life for the sake of his three daughters.
“He was a changed person. He changed his life for the betterment. Somebody called him and he answered the call and that was his last sentiment. He wasn’t a saint but he had transformed his life to a life of peace.
“He was devoted to his children and to me. The birth of his children encouraged him to change his life, they kept him in a stable life, everything he did was for his children,” she said.
She said what she wanted out of his death was that the killer/s stop playing God and taking lives and to “respect other people lives and value life.”
Cyrus’ mother, Elvira, said she was just about to enter her bathroom when she heard the gunshots and when she went outside , she saw the body of her son.
She said of all the memories of her son and all he had done for her, she would miss his smile the most.