Gang warfare has spiked again in the city – and last night, a 21 year old lost his life – apparently just because he came from the wrong neighborhood. Just before 6:30, Nicasio Zuniga better known as DJ General was shot in the head as he walked down Complex Drive. Today I tried to find out why this young aspiring DJ was so ruthlessly executed.
Amidst the spirited choir rehearsals, A gunshot rang out on Complex drive in the St. Martins area, killing Nicasio John Zuniga.
His blood, smearing the street like a carpet stain.
ACP Chester Williams - Regional Commander, Eastern Division South
"Last night or yesterday evening rather sometime around 6:30 pm thereabout, one Nicasio Zuniga was associating in the vicinity of Complex Road in the St. Martins Depores area when he was accosted by two male person on separate bicycles; one of whom was armed with a firearm and fired one shot at him hitting him in the head and subsequently resulted to his death."
This morning when we spoke to his family, they told us that Zuniga had just left home to go the store last night and that is when the gunman rode up and shot him in the head. Police didn’t go into details but revealed that they believe it is as a result of gang rivalry in the area.
ACP Chester Williams - Regional Commander, Eastern Division South
"Well from our investigation it appeared to be gang related and we are currently in the area to see how best we can mitigate any further retaliation where that particular incident is concerned."
"The complex area is very vulnerable in the sense that we do have two rival gangs in that area and every so often there is some incident between the two gangs."
But regardless of any ongoing gang warfare, The family says Zuniga had no part of it.
Kesha Zuniga - Sister
"My brother was a very jovial person; he was loving, he was amicable. He had a lot of friends but to say Jules my brother will pick up from here and say alright I will pick up a gun and I gwen shoot Tom; he was not that type of person."
"He will take his music and he will DJ because that's what he loved. He enjoyed playing music so to say gang related he was no gang member. Because he is from the backalang crew or deh inna the area where they call backalang and maybe the other gang rivals, PIV and I don't know; you know them I don't know them. So maybe they no link, they don't communicate with each other, they just want kill out each other you know. I mean Jules life is too short, very short. It doesn't pay to quarrel, it doesn't pay to fight, it doesn't pay to have bicker between each other because life is too short Jules. Today you are here, tomorrow you are gone."
And just like that their loved one is gone, taken away by gun violence, but the only thing that remains are the memories.
Kesha Zuniga - Sister
"I am wondering if it is a dream because I still can't believe that my brother death has been so devastating to me. Our family is coping very hard, we are taking it very hard especially my mother because that's her baby you know. So we're taking it very hard. The only thing we can do is remember him the way he was, we can't see him anymore, he's no longer here so at this point we are taking it really, really rough."
Police say they are looking for the 2 men. His family has been living in the area for over 20 years.
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