Tag: Gangs

3 Bodies Recovered Following Dudus Coke Manhunt Belonged To Women

  
A number of the 73 bodies recovered in West Kingston resulting from the operation to apprehend Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke were those of men convicted of one crime or another. Superintendent Gladys ‎Brown Ellis testified in the Tivoli Enquiry that these bodies were identified by criminal records.

‎The superintendent testified that the body of a man believed to be a sniper was ‎recovered from a roof
Evidence had been given in the enquiry that up to 300 gunmen were in Tivoli Gardens in May 2010 to defend Coke who was wanted in the US at the time on drugs and gunrunning charges.

Brown Ellis testified also that three of the bodies recovered belonged to women she identified as Gloria Smith, Petrina Edwards and Carlene McKenzie.

“I came to know these women like sisters; I was with them so long,” said Brown Ellis, referring to the forensic processing and identification process.

Source | Jamaica Observer 

9 Yr Old Chicago Boy Body Found In Alley; Possible Gang Retaliation 

There is a $20,000 reward in the murder of a 9-year-old on the city’s south side.

According to ABC Reports: 

Police investigating the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in a South Side alley believe that the boy was targeted as part of an ongoing gang feud involving his relatives.

Police said they believe the child’s father has information about the possible retaliation, but is not being forthcoming.

Meanwhile, Tyshawn’s mother, Karla Lee, has made tearful public pleas for help in solving her son’s murder.

Police are still unclear about a motive and have not ruled out retaliation. His family said he was a great kid who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A $20,000 reward, raised by community groups, is offered for information leading to an arrest in the shooting.

Tyshawn was fatally shot in an alley near his grandmother’s home in the 8000-block of South Damen Avenue in the city’s Gresham neighborhood around 4:15 p.m. Monday.

Tyshawn’s basketball was found next to his dead body. Family members said he loved basketball and brought his ball everywhere he went.

Police said an unknown number of people were gathered in the alley when an argument led to gunfire. Tyshawn was shot several times in the upper body, including in the head and back.

An autopsy Tuesday determined that the boy died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Tyshawn’s mother set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to pay for her son’s funeral.

To make a donation, visit www.gofundme.com.

What a horrifying and heartbreaking story. I remember a time when women & kids were off limits. Boy have times changed.

9 Year old Tyshawn and his mother. Photo: Go Fund Me

Rest in peace to this beautiful child. My heart truly goes out to the mother of this young man. 

We must stop gang violence. 

DrugLord ‘Dudus’ Coke Refused To Give Any Information To Police Following Bloody Manhunt Arrest

Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke looks on as JDF officers onspect the cell where he was held at Up Park Detention Center following his 2015 manhunt arrest

Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke wasn’t much help to detectives who wanted to know how he escaped Tivoli Gardens during the May 2010 operation to apprehend him.

Superintendent Michael Phipps, who was being questioned by attorney Peter Champagnie for the Jamaica Defence Force, said that he interviewed Coke on June 23, 2010 at the Up Park Camp following his arrest that same month.

SEE THE VIDEO: Dudus Coke in Custody at Up Park Following Manhunt

Phipps said that he asked Coke how he managed to leave Tivoli Gardens and if he left the community to avoid arrest.

“Same answer. Same ‎answer,” Phipps said Coke responded, meaning that he would not answer the questions on the advice of his attorneys Tom Tavares-Finson and George Soutar, QC.

Coke had also refused to say whether he was dressed in array fatigue on May 24 or 25.

Phipps testified earlier that Coke answered the most basic questions, such as his name and address, among other things, out of a total of 182.

Source | Jamaica Observer