Man Murdered By Men Who Drove Him Home

A man was shot dead after being given a ride on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Investigators suspect that twenty-seven-year-old Malcolm Reynolds was murdered by individuals who were giving him a ride home. Reynolds’ body was on Thursday night near the Boom/Hattieville junction. Reynolds had been dropped off by an SUV, which was traveling in the direction of Burrell Boom Village, after which a male person exited the said vehicle and fired several shots toward him, resulting in his death. News Five’s Britney Gordon went looking for answers.

 

Britney Gordon, Reporting

In Lemonal Village, the family of Malcolm Reynolds was expecting his arrival home after a day’s work in Belize City on Thursday. However, the twenty-seven-year-old construction worker failed to walk through the doors. Instead, his mother, Cherry Reynolds received a call. Her son had been found shot dead at a bus stop in Burrel Boom Village.

 

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds, Mother Of Deceased

“It was last night about, about seven thirty, I da say. Somebody called me, not the police. They noh call and they tell me say, they shoot up Julian, which is the next brother. But I know he ni deh home yah soh, so I tell ney, da noh he. So the person say he will check and call back. So, he go work da Belize do construction. And I tell ih pa fi call the bus weh usually come back this side. And when he call the driver, he say he noh de pan di bus. So, instant I start to bawl. So, when the boy call me back, I couldn’t even answer him.”

 

Reynolds explained that they were unsure if the killer was someone her son was familiar with. She says that there is some tension between a few residents of Double Head Cabbage and Lemonal Village. She had been told that a recent dispute after a horse race at Castleton Park on Easter Monday had led to her other son receiving a chop wound.

 

Britney Gordon

“Do you think that he was familiar with this person?”

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds

“Me noh think. I noh sure. I cyah she. I don’t think so. I noh sure.”

 

Britney Gordon

“Do you know anyone that could have possibly wanted to cause any harm to your son?”

 

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds

“Well, I know you got two village, Bermuda Landing and Double Head. When they like sih my lee boy there, they like fool with Lemonal on a whole. So, I don’t know, babe. So every paat ney sih ney, ney faas with deh. Ney mi ga wa fight Easter Monday weh wa bwai from Double Head Cabbage get cut weh ney she da my son but not Malcolm.”

 

Reynolds had been told that the two incidents may be related but was unsure of the details. Police have yet to establish a motive and are looking for suspects.

 

Britney Gordon

“So that incident was unrelated? Or one of your sons did get involved in the incident”

 

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds

“Yes dat dah weh ney seh. Cuz I neva de deh.”

 

Britney Gordon

“Have you spoken with anyone that they said was involved with that other incident?”

 

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds

“No, no.”

 

Britney Gordon

“So you’re not familiar with the details of that?’

 

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds

“No.”

Reynolds feels that her son’s murder was unfair as he did not have anyone around to assist him. She said he came from a large, loving family, and his loss would be felt greatly.

 

Voice of: Cherry Reynolds

“I noh know weh fi say, but all weh I have to say is closing, all weh I have fih seh, they chancey, whosoever do that, dah wa coward, because I think they could a mi come when all ah ney deh together, noh only when he one, they coward, whosoever did that.”

 

Britney Gordon for News Five.