Commissiong condemns gun violence

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23: Parliamentary candidate Rolfe Commissiong today pleaded with gunmen to put down their weapons.

Mr Commissiong said: “To those that are responsible for this criminal behaviour, I ask that they realise that it is never too late to change their anti-social and ultimately destructive behaviour and become more productive citizens of our island.”

Mr Commissiong, the PLP candidate for Pembroke South East, was speaking after a 51-year-old man was gunned down on the constituency’s Rambling Lane on Tuesday night.

He said the shooting was “a sobering reminder that we as a community cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to violence of this nature.”

He added: “It is my hope that the victim will recover swiftly and my prayers go out to him and his family.

“It is also my hope that the individual or individuals responsible for this act are quickly apprehended.”

Mr Commissiong revealed that he knew the victim, who has not been named by police.

He said: “It is one thing to hear about these incidents but it really hits home when one knows the victim as I do and when one realizes that the victim’s family and other innocent residents were at risk as well.

“The people who live on Rambling Lane and the surrounding areas are good, hard-working people and they deserve to have safe, clean neighbourhoods free of fear.”