But first, there was a murder in the city this afternoon, which left a teenager dead.
18 year-old Raheem Smith was stabbed to death just before 2:00 this afternoon.
The Allenby Street resident got into a fight with a man at this residence, which is located at the far end of George Street and its intersection with Racecourse Street.
The accused stabbed Smith under the right armpit with a large knife, and he was rushed to the KHMH, but died 15 minutes later.
This evening, the family of the deceased told the media that they don't know why anyone would want to hurt him.
According to them, he is a hardworking young man who had no affiliation to any gangs. His aunt spoke to us off-camera about what information they had:
Voice of: Aunt of victim
"He was an 18 year old young man. He was working at Princess. He is not a person that has a record; he is not a person that gets in trouble. I haven't heard my nephew getting in a fight, much less out there shooting anybody. I don't really what happen today but I got a call from my sister after 3 telling me to come to the hospital because Raheem is in there and he is in a serious condition. I went to the hospital, but at that time he had already die."
Daniel Ortiz
"Is it a regular occurrence that he hangs out in that area?"
Aunt of victim
"I am not really sure because he usually hangs at the house on Racecourse Street - he usually hangs in front of my sister house or at the neighbor next door, other than that I don't know him as hanging out on George Street or have any affiliation with anybody from George Street."
"We don't really hear anything yet; all we heard is that they had stabbed him for his bike. We don't know who stab him and for what, all we know he was stab for his bike. We don't know anything else."
According to Smith's family, he normally does not go near George Street, and they were unable to say why he was in that area, or why he was even targeted in the first place.
Police have the man who allegedly stabbed Smith in custody pending investigation.
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