‘Chap’ shot several times to body and head
The third murder of the city occurred shortly after two o’clock Saturday afternoon when a group of friends socializing on Yarborough Road came under fire. Twenty-five year old Jonathan Faber also known as ‘Chap’ received several shots to the body and head and later died at the K.H.M.H. News Five’s Duane Moody found out that the senseless murder occurred just a few blocks from the victim’s home.
Duane Moody
“Twenty-five year old Jonathan Faber was sitting on this fence socializing with some friends when at least two gun men wearing masked and on bicycles approached them. Faber and his friends fled the assailants but shortly after several shots rang out. Faber was hit and he landed to the ground. One of the assailants then approached him and fired several shots at his head.”
Voice of Eyewitness
“I was at home and I was sitting down talking with my kids and I heard a barrage of gunshots out here. When I listened again I heard another three shots so when I look through my door, I saw a crowd of people running out here. I said oh my god, I can’t believe that it’s that young man, but I did not expect when I came out here to see him in the position that I saw him. And a lot of people were out here—somebody was trying to get up and help him and the policemen out here did not want anybody to pick him up.”
Duane Moody
“And apparently he was still breathing?”
Voice of Eyewitness
“He was still breathing because we could have seen that his chest was moving. Three of them were sitting on the fence and apparently they saw the guys coming on their bicycles and apparently they decided to run because they realized what was taking place. But before he could have gotten anywhere far, I guess he got shot in his leg and so he was not able to make it and the other two guys managed to escape. He ended up on the centre of the road and the guy apparently came back and emptied the gun in his head because from what we saw he had a lot of holes in his head. And when they picked him up off of the street the blood was pouring out of his head as if though water was pouring from a pipe.”
According to police a suspect is currently in custody for Murder pending further investigation.
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