Deportee gunned down in broad daylight

"Right now mi ago start smoke back. Mi can't believe seh mi baby dead," were the words of June Garrison, as she sat dazed on a stone outside her home yesterday, struggling to come to terms with the murder of her son.

Marlon Dyer was shot and killed shortly before midday at the intersection of William and West streets in downtown Kingston. According to the Constabulary Communications Network, explosions were heard in the area and when police arrived, Dyer was found lying on the road in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"Mi couldn't even identify him because mi sick with mi heart and mi have high blood pressure," Garrison shared, placing her hand on her chest. "Mi baby just hug mi up and beg mi go mix some oats fi him. Now mi cya see him again."

Dyer returned to Jamaica last November after being deported. THE STAR understands that he had served time overseas and was sent back home after completing his sentence. Since then, his family says, he had been living in fear.

"Mi cya tell you from when mi son get a good night sleep. From him come, dem (tormentors) nuh stop haunt him," Garrison said. Despite his past, Garrison remembers her son as a generous and loving soul who always cleaned up and contributed to the community.

"Him always clean up the place. Him jovial with people and love him dog dem. Him is a loving person, and when him see you and know you, him ago hug you up," she said. "Him nuh give me nuh grandkids cause him spend most a him time a foreign. A mi baby that. Every night him pass mi window and call 'Mummy you nuh have nothing fi me'?"

"Mi nuh know how mi ago manage. Mi cya believe mi son dead," she added.

Residents said that the police have held someone in connection with the shooting. However, while lawmen confirmed that they had launched an investigation into the incident, up until press time, there was no indication of anyone being charged.