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A well-known city bus conductor was shot and killed last night around 10:00. 29 year old Raul Medina also known as DJ Fusion was walking along Central American Boulevard when a swarm of gunmen shot him. Was Medina the intended target or was he at the wrong place at the wrong time? Well, the family is puzzled and nobody seems to have the answers. Courtney Weatherburne went out to find out more about Medina murder.  

The Lemoth and Sons bus was on its regular rounds this morning in the Port Loyola Area. While the bus route and stops were the same, the ride wasn’t. That’s because everyone’s favourite bus conductor Raul Medina wasn’t on it.

Voice of Wendell Lemoth – Employer & Friend
"He always comes on the bus you know, always be friendly with the passengers and help the ladies with their bags. S lot of the customers really love Raul because sometimes the ladies come home from a long day of work and we play some music on the bus and Raul would dance for the ladies to give them a little entertainment you know."

But there won’t be any more dancing on this Reggae Bus because Medina was executed last night on Central American Boulevard, an area that is also part of the daily bus runs.

Medina was shot several times to the head.

Medina’s boss, Lemoth, told us that Medina was washing the bus last night at his house and after he was finished, he just left as he usually does. But reports are that while Medina was walking down to the corner of Central American Boulevard and Helen Middleton Street, a gunman came out of a vehicle and fired at him. The man then jumped into the getaway car and sped off.

Medina’s mom told us she heard the gunshots but she didn’t know they had struck her son.

Felicita Swazo - Mother
"I the watching TV, and then I heard the gunshots and I tell my daughter “you hear the gunshotsâ€￾, she told me yes mom, I said well the lot of gunshot the catch that person must a get it.â€￾

And then I saw a guy the come, my daughter know he and she called him and what happened and he told her, your brother get shot and the ambulance will take ah to the hospital."

But Medina did not make it and he died early this morning around midnight. His mother says she has no idea why anyone would want her son dead.

Felicita Swazo - Mother
"You can’t say my son is this and that because no care how you talk to them they do them own way. Only thing I do every day is pray for him, let God save him. And I don’t know what kind of friends he hangs around with, I couldn’t tell you nothing about that."

And his neighbour of over 25 years says Medina didn’t cause any trouble in the community, in fact he was always a very happy and helpful person.

William Jenkins - Neighbour
"He was a happy person and him just fix the fence over there, our fence over there just fix the fence about last month and I don't know what happened."

Courtney Weatherburne
"So he would usually do work for you guys?"

William Jenkins - Neighbour
"Yeah odd jobs around the place, he would do odd jobs around the place."

Voice of Wendell Lemoth – Employer & Friend
"I've known Raul for several years you know. We've always had a nice friendship, I always know him as a person who friendly, go around try make friend with everyone. I have never seen anyone look at him as an enemy or you know look at him as a threat to them. So hearing Raul's demise in this kind of violent manner it was really surprising to me and to my whole family you know."

Medina leaves behind a 5 year old daughter.