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FRIDAY,
MAY 08, 2015
VOLUME 109, No.19
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Aljay Douglas was doing service as ‘a doorman’ at a public event, when he was shot to death.
man was taking his last breath, at the entrance to the Field. Aljay Douglas, a 25-year-old WHILE MOST PERSONS at the labourer, originally from the Campden Park Playing Field North Leeward town of were ‘partying’ at a ‘Wete Fete’ Chateaubelair, who resided in event dubbed, “Water, Soca, and Rillan Hill and Campden Park at different periods in his Alcohol’, in the wee hours of Friday (May 1) morning, a young young life, was acting as security and money collector at the entrance/gate, when he was gunned down - shot in the abdomen and head - bringing the ‘Wete Fete’ to an abrupt end. At about 2:45am Friday, as a slight drizzle caused patrons to seek shelter, and with Douglas still manning the gate, the sound of gunshots was heard. Some patrons said they concluded, there and then, that someone had been shot. As they made their way throw the gate, the sight that confronted them was horrific. Douglas, a former member of the SVG Cadet Corps, lay on the ground, blood pouring from his head. He was still Jamie Porter is sad when she decked in his military boots hears the negative comments and his bag was intact on his some persons make about back. her cousin Aljay. by KENVILLE HORNE
witness “scattered because of fright,” but not before seeing the gunman, “taking his own An eyewitness, speaking to time and walking away from THE VINCENTIAN, on the crime scene.” condition of anonymity, About four minutes after recalled seeing Douglas being Douglas was shot, residents approached by a tiny figure said the sound of a gun blast wearing a hoodie. The witness could be heard coming from spoke of hearing a gunshot, an area known as Coconut and noticed Douglas Range, not too far away from “staggering back.” the Playing Field. Whether The gunman then that had anything to do with approached Douglas and shot the incident involving him again, at which point the Douglas, is a question which
Eye witness report
remains on the minds of many residents of Campden Park. The police took about 30 minutes to arrive on the scene, despite a police station being located about a brisk 10-minute walk from the scene of the incident. Douglas’s body was not removed “until day made light,” according to another witness. Continued on Page 3.
Patrons at the ‘Wete Fete’ gather at the spot where Aljay Douglas lay dead.