Sunday morning started out with the news of a murder in the City, and by nighttime, there would be two more. One of the victims is Emerson McDonald, a 38 year old father of three known as Ras Emo. Just after 5:00 on Sunday evening, he was walking with a friend on Central American Boulevard near the corner with Neal's Pen Road when a masked gunman pulled up on a bicycle and opened fire. McDonald was shot in his back as he tried to run into a nearby yard for cover, while an innocent passerby, Joseline Maximo was shot in the leg.
McDonald was rushed to the KHMH by a friend but he died a little later around 7:00 pm; the 9 millimeter bullet damaged his heart.
As it turns out, he was fatally shot just around the corner from his own home on Arlington Drive where his wife was sleeping and half a block from his family home on Neal Pen Road where his mother was resting.
Today, she told us they have lost a provider and a dutiful son:..
Alva McDonald, mother of deceased
"I was in my chair when I heard the shot I got up and look and my stepson came and said that it was his brother. I got up and ran downstairs and gone."
Daniel Ortiz
"Ma'am, what did you find when you responded to the scene?"
Alva McDonald, mother of deceased
"I saw a crowd out there and my daughter-in-law took me to the hospital because they had already taken the body there."
Daniel Ortiz
"Did he passed away on the scene or did he die undergoing treatment at the hospital?"
Alva McDonald, mother of deceased
"Die at the hospital. The doctor said that he had an internal bleeding and he tried to help him but he couldn't make it because his inside was burst up."
"It is very hard because he is someone that helped everyone that needed help."
Andrea McDonald, sister of deceased
"He was loving to me. Anything I wanted he gave to me."
Daniel Ortiz
"You guys firmly believe that he was the target any at all, there is no chance?"
Andrea McDonald, sister of deceased
"There is no chance."
McDonald had 3 children.
Police have detained two men for the murder and shooting. The female victim Joseline Maximo received major bone fractures in her legs and is in a stable condition.
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