There was another murder in the city, which happened 3 hours after Mark Medina was killed yesterday. This one happened in the gang territory of Kraal Road, but the victim was reportedly a man with no such affiliation.
34 year-old Tyrone Neal, a resident of Fabers Road, was playing dominoes in a yard on Kraal Road with 3 other men, which he does regularly. That's when a gunman snuck into the yard. When he got close enough, the assailant shot Neal several times. He was rushed to the KHMH, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Today, we spoke with police and his common-law wife, about the killing of a man suffering from sickle cell anemia:
Supt. Hiberto Romero - OC, CIB Eastern Division
"On Sunday 26th April, police responded to a shooting on Kraal Road. They found expended shells. They visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they fund Tyron Neal, 34 years, with gunshot wounds to the chest and to the abdomen. About an hour thereafter, he was pronounced dead at the KHMH."
Reporter
"What was the motive?"
Supt. Hiberto Romero - OC, CIB Eastern Division
"For this shooting - all we can say is that he has been charged before for what we consider a minor crime, such as harm, threatening words and bicycle offences and again for that we have one person in custody and we are continuing our investigation."
Voice of: Wife of Tyron Neal
"We've been together for almost 15 years now. His death really touched me deep, because what happen, he was sickle cell patient. I could never believe he would passed away by a gunshot. I always thought it was the injection that he takes."
Supt. Hiberto Romero - OC, CIB Eastern Division
"He was his address at Kraal Road, when a gunman came up to him and fired several shots at him."
Reporter
"These two murder cases within the city... is it from police investigation, are they related?"
Supt. Hiberto Romero - OC, CIB Eastern Division
"We have not been able to establish any connection. Again, they happened yesterday, so we are continuing with those investigations."
Voice of: Wife of Tyron Neal
"He not that type of person to go out there. He is not to say a saint, he is always out there. He will be the person, say if you tell me something, I will answer you back, I will stand up for my rights. But to say fighting, gunshot at someone or stuff like that - he is not that type of person."
Neal leaves behind 3 daughters, ages 10, 13, and 14.
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