Vendor slain as gang feud rocks Stony Hill
Published:Thursday | July 8, 2021 | 12:11 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter
Deputy Superintendent of Police Collin Millaneise has pledged to crack down on a gang feud plaguing sections of Stony Hill in the St Andrew North Police Division.
“We will be mopping up some of these gang activities,” Millaneise told The Gleaner at the scene of a murder a daytime murder in the community on Wednesday.
Dead is 44-year-old Kevin Ford, a vendor.
Ford was killed after two armed men approached him at his stall and opened fire, hitting him multiple times.
The shooting took place along Brooks Level Road, metres away from the usually busy community square.
“This is a gang conflict. The matter is under control. It’s just a matter of time before all the hens come home to roost,” Millaneise said.
Millaneise said that prior to Wednesday’s killing, the police have been making headway.
Sanique Parkins, Ford’s sister, was devastated at the news of her brother’s passing. She had been with him shortly before his death.
The siblings had just buried their mom, who passed away on April 7.
Ford’s only daughter was grief stricken and was crying uncontrollably at the scene.
Murders and shootings in the division have fallen by 32 per cent and 36 per cent, respectively, year on year.
Up to July 7, the division recorded 28 murders, down from 41 for the corresponding period in 2020.