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MARCH 20, 2020
VOLUME 114, No.12
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DEATH BY ASSOCIATION?
tragic loss. Edward’s father, Simeon THE PARENTS OF A REDEMPTION Alexis, described his son as a SHARPES man who was killed on quiet person who was not known the night of his birthday, feel that he to be involved in trouble. might have been killed as a result of “He wasn’t rude to us; yes, he association, rather than as a result would do things that we as of some conflict with anyone. parents don’t like, but if Edward Alexis, 28, was shot something is to be done at home, and killed a short distance from he will do it,” Simeon said. his home in Trigger Ridge, Besides going to the hills to do Redemption Sharpes, on Sunday farming, Edward enjoyed making 15th around 9:45 pm. local wines, his father said. A lady who lives near to where He said that he would often tell the shooting took place, told THE his son that if any of his friends VINCENTIAN, “I was sitting in did or was about to do something the sitting room watching wrong, he should get away, and television when I heard the shots. he repeated, “I still feel his death … I turn off my light and go into is by association,” without giving the bedroom and look outside… any further explanation. people had done arrive.” Patricia Alexis, Edward’s She said that Edward was a mother, recalled that she was in quiet person. She was not aware her bedroom when she heard the of him getting into conflict with gunshots. “Me hear pow and then people. a little while after me hear pow When THE VINCENTIAN again. The first body my mind run visited the family home, Edward’s pon is he,” Patricia related. parents showed considerable She said that on hearing the strength, even in the face of their gunshots, she inquired as to if Stories by KENVILLE HORNE
The spot (arrow) where Edward Alexis lay dead.
Simeon and Patricia Alexis, parents of Edward Alexis, have lived through drastic changes in the Redemption Sharpes community.
‘CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY KILL’ Edward Alexis follows in a line of young men from Redemption Sharpes who lost their lives through violent acts. Continued on Page 3.
SIMEON ALEXIS, the father of Edward Alexis who was killed in Trigger Ridge, Redemption Sharpes on Sunday night, says that the community he grew up in has changed considerably, and he still cannot understand why the young people in that community are killing each other. Edward Alexis was making his way home, on the night of his birthday, when he was shot and killed. His death adds to a number of killings and acts of violence that have plagued the community in recent years. Simeon, who took up residence in Redemption Sharpes when he was 11 years old, recalled that back then, the “community was a very nice place.” Disputes, he said, were resolved quickly, and persons would get back together without fighting. “In the past decade or so, Sharpes just completely change. The young men, most of them are people who grew up together, and I can’t understand why they keep killing one another, and for what. You can’t get no glory committing crime,” said the grieving father, who added, “Some of the young men have to leave the country, some are in jail, and some in their graves.” He is not encouraged by today’s young people who, “feel they could do the same thing.” Simeon recalled when he worked at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, and would walk home even when he finished his shift at midnight. “But in my last set of time, I told my wife, anyhow I have to work late where I can’t catch a van, I would sleep hospital on a bench or something,” said Simeon on the action he took Continued on Page 3.