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Here is what it looked like at the scene and what police and his family are saying:..

Jules Vasquez reporting
AT 1:45am on Saturday morning, police cordoned off Banak Street as the body of 51 year old Darrington Rivers lay on the side of the street dead.

Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer
"Sometime around 1:20 Rivers was walking on Banak Street towards Central American Boulevard. Residents of that area have said that they heard several gunshots fired and upon making checks outside they found Darrington laying in the street."

"We haven't gathered much on that but we have investigators who are still canvasing that area to see if we can pick up any lead as to who may have done this to a 51 year old man."

A week before this area had witnessed an aggravated burglary where two persons were shot:

Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer
"We classified that as aggravated burglary; even if they entered your home. In this incident we cannot say that it's not connected and that is why we have investigators out there trying to canvass that area to see if we can link the two incidents."

The area is known to be controlled by the Ghost Town Crips but the 51 year old Rivers wasn't involved in any gang.

Rivers' girlfriend told us she doesn't know who shot him to the forehead and thigh - and left him for dead in the street.

Louise Young, Girlfriend of Deceased
"I just yelled out no, no! It's not true he is dead."

Robin Schaffer
"You have any idea why he has been shot?"

Louise Young, Girlfriend of Deceased
"Really and truly I don't know why because he is not the type of person that gives trouble. To the person who did it; I am so sorry but I will leave you to the good Lord."

Darrington Rivers was the father of four children. No one has been detained for that murder.