Cotton Tree Shooting Victim Dead After 18 Days in Induced Coma

Cotton Tree Village resident thirty-two-year-old Andrew Muns is dead. He succumbed to injuries he sustained eighteen days after he was shot while socialising in the village. That same shooting incident claimed the life of another man, thirty-nine-year-old Clint Castillo. Muns had been hospitalised since the day of the shooting, paralysed from the neck down and in an induced coma. To date, police have arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Jamal Hyde with the crime of abetment to commit murder in relation to the shooting incident. The main suspect remains at large. He will face two counts of murder when he is captured. Muns’ family says his killer was a close family friend. They believe he has fled across the border into Guatemala. We spoke with one relative off-camera.

 

Voice of: Relative of Deceased

“Immediately after the shooting he was unable to move anything from the neck down. Someone transported him in the back of a truck to the hospital. In the hospital he never seemed to improve. He only worsened. He did have an infection and they were trying to find the right antibiotics to treat it. Then they also found out he had pneumonia. Day before yesterday his Common-Law-Wife has come in and said his blood pressure was really low. I thought to myself it’s not a good thing that they can’t get it up and then he just succumbed to it.”

Paul Lopez

“What update has the family received in terms of the pursuit of the other guy, the one believed to have  pulled the trigger?”

Voice of: Relative of Deceased

“As far as I know there is no new information on where Akeem Richardson is. We know that police haven’t been able to locate him or any good tips on where he might be. So I am not sure.”

Paul Lopez

“How adamant is the family in being behind the family to ensure that this guy caught and Justice is served.”

Voice of: Relative of Deceased
“Oh, everyone is waiting for this guy to be caught and pay the consequences or at least explain himself. It is a small village and all three of the people, Clint, Akeem and Jesus were good friends for years off and on. It was surprising that it happened, that Akeem did this allegedly, because he was around almost daily and Jesus and Clint as well. Clint not as much but Jesus for sure.”