Driver escapes injury in mid morning shooting
Mid morning while the City Council was hosting a Violence Prevention Summit at the Princess Hotel, News Five was called out to the scene of a shooting on Cesar Ridge Road. Eustace Andrews was behind the wheel of a GMC Canyon pickup truck which was targeted by an armed man believed to have been on a bicycle. Fortunately, Andrews escaped the barrage of bullets, but the vehicle rammed into another car that was parked on the side of the road. While there was no loss of life the residents in the area have had enough of constantly looking over their shoulders in one of the City’s hot spots. One of those residents spoke to News Five off camera about this morning’s incident.
Voice of: Area Resident
“Bout ten-fifteen we just hear shot mi di burst and everybody run and dah mi wah red pickup pan Cesar Ridge.”
Jules Vasquez, Channel 7
“And when you all came out here what did you see?”
Voice of: Area Resident
“We just si wah lot people and di police di assist so.”
“And di vehicle?”
Voice of: Area Resident
“Yoh just si di vehicle had ih bumpa off and ih wheel off and ih mi di drive pan three wheel and dat park up by Port. I tired yes, traumatized by everything and I done have wah young baby, have to di think bout it every night fi try keep een and di dodge from bullet and dodge from dis and dodge from dat hmm.”
Jules Vasquez
“Now you know they have an active patrol or a patrol right here…”
Voice of: Area Resident
“Dat noh di work cause di other night when dehn shoot dah young bwai Mr. Vernon, police run to. Dehn run and dah dehn supposed to di help people. Dehn seh di person mi deh pan bike weh shoot afta ah and ih ride behind and just di shoot behind di vehicle.”
