Ladyville homeowner sends burglar to morgue

According to police reports, it was a classic case of self defense. A man returns to his house late at night, only to find a burglar who attacks him. Following a struggle, the legally armed homeowner shoots his assailant dead. These may be the bare facts but behind every death is a personal tragedy. News Five’s Marion Ali reports.

Marion Ali, Reporting
The victim is again another young black man, but the explanation behind his killing is not the regular gang related revenge type shooting. Instead, police say a Ladyville homeowner was defending his life and property on Marage Road, when he shot twenty-five year old Darrel Hyde. The news was the last thing Hyde’s family expected, because while he has been in trouble before, it was never for stealing.

Patricia Seguro, Mother of Deceased
“Ih mi gaan da jail but noh fi teef, noh fi teef. Ih spen five and a half months bah bak deh caz ih gaan dah rehab centa ahn all ah dat. Ahn ih jus come out laas yaa. Ih neva gaan een de fi teef wah day yet. I mi surprise ahn I mi lef shock ahn I frighten bekaz I mi expect Darrel deh da Boom eena ih bed. I neva know Darrel mi deh out.”

Hyde, a resident of Burrell Boom Village, had left his pregnant girlfriend earlier in the day saying he would go to visit his mother and father in Ladyville.

Hertha Pope, Girlfriend of Deceased
“Wen ih neva kohn home I seh well ih wah deh home by dis mawnin. But unfortunately not.”

Marion Ali
“Was it a strange thin he didn’t make it home last night?”

Hertha Hope
“Inna wah way, yes because he da wah person weh if he could ride home frahn Ladyville two o’clock, three o’clock, weh eva time ah di night weh ih deh, ih wah do it. And I mi di wait up for ah but I gaan sleep. Ih neva kohn home none at all. I find dat strange but I neva really mi di pay it no mind. Me and my son gaan sleep and I mi di expect fi si ah dis mawnin or some time todeh but I see ah inna di morgue this mawnin.”

The homeowner, fifty-nine year old Charles McIntosh declined to speak to us, but according to a statement he gave police, his wife, Kimberly Myles, called him sometime after ten Tuesday night to say someone was trying to break into their house. Seguro explained how she found out her son died.

Patricia Seguro
“She call Charlie weh da ih gentleman ahn she tell Charlie dat somebody deh pan di housetop. I noh even know how di house look, wich pah di house deh, nothing. She gaan inside ahn she cut off di light ahn wen she cut off di she put on di veranda light ahn di person bruk di window ahn come een through di window. Wen Charlie kohn home, Charlie lef frahn weh pah ih mi deh ahn wen Charlie get deh ahn Charlie open di door ih seh dat my son knock Charlie eena ih head wid wah hamma and Charlie drop ahn wen Charlie get up bak Charlie start to shoot up ah. Then my son mi di struggle wid Charlie and Charlie—she stab my son. She come out ahn she stab my son. I noh know if dah one, two three times, how much time ih stab ah. But she stab my son ahn Charlie shoot ah again becaz ih seh ih still mi di struggle.”

Police later found the badly wounded Hyde about two hundred and fifty yards away from the house lying on the feeder road. Seguro says while McIntosh had a right to defend himself, she is upset at the number of times he shot her son and that he was not even detained pending the investigation.

Patricia Seguro
“Why soh much time? Dat dah weh I jus noh undastand. Why soh much time? Ahn according to di police dis mawnin weh dehn tell me dah Ladyville, Darrel walk frahn di house, gaan pan di road and if di gun mi have more bullet ih mi wah still di shoot ah. Dat dah we di police tell me dis mawnin; ih mi wah shoot ah agen but ih neva had no moh bullet inna di gun.”

Marion Ali
“How could they tell a man’s intention though?”

Patricia Seguro
“Yes, dat dah weh dehn seh di man tell dehn. All weh I could tell yo day dah Charlie tell dehn dat.”

Clement Palacio, Police Press Officer
“He has not been given any special privilege and clearly because of the nature of the incident and I’m certain that many people are going to be questioning why is it that he will even be charged. So pending investigations I think it will be presumptuous of us to actually pre-empt what should be done. The investigations are ongoing. The circumstances speak for its self and clearly that has been the discretion of the Police Department.”

Meanwhile, Pope, who is scheduled to undergo surgery tomorrow to have Hyde’s twins, says it will be rough.

Hertha Pope
“Now my kids wah grow up without wah father becaz wah man have to defend ih property ahn ih place but dah di way how ih do it. to me dat da cold blooded murder. He coulda mi jus shoot ah two time inna ih foot or shoot ah mek ih stay dong fi mek police kohn ahn arrest ah, ker ah da jail. At least ah mi wah si ah den. But now all I could live pan dah jus memories ahn picture ahn di babies.”

Reporting for News Five, Marion Ali.

Police say Hyde was wanted for an aggravated assault he committed in Burrell Boom against a relative a week ago. Police say Hyde and Myles are distant relatives and could not offer a reason why he went to the home. This is not the first or even second time Charles McIntosh has shot at intruders. In 2004 he wounded two trespassers on his shrimp farm. Charges of Aggravated Assault against him were dismissed when two of the men he shot failed to show up as witnesses. In 2005 McIntosh was jacked as he arrived home by two men with a sawed off shotgun but he got the drop on them, leaving one man with bullets in his chest and shoulder.