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Police identify Young man MURDERED in Five Cays Rascari Cox
Deandrea Hamilton, Wilkie Arthur and Dana Malcolm
Editorial Staff
#TurksandCaicos, December 15, 2023 – He had just gotten home from work Tuesday night, told his mother he was going outside to feed the dog and that’s when it happened. A bone-chilling hail of bullets hit the house and struck the woman’s son. Now he is deceased, the 21st murder of the year, and while police have determined who the young man is, they are withholding that identity until his relatives are thoroughly notified.
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, in a statement on Wednesday informs that it has launched a major investigation into the murder of a young man said to be an upstanding citizen of the Turks and Caicos, but family say they’ve already been let down.
The victim was gunned down on his doorstep near Sandbar Street in Five Cays on Tuesday, December 12th.
Residents shared videos with Magnetic Media of all the shots that pierced the home; damaging windows and
shattering concrete. According to family accounts, though the police were called swiftly, the man died and the killers, said to have been lying in wait, got away before any officers arrived.
It’s the second shooting within two weeks where bullets have been pumped into the occupied home of apparent targets; putting relatives in the Sand Bar area at risk.
Family members tell Magnetic Media that responding Police took far too long to turn up; however Police have informed they were at the crime scene in minutes.
In reply to Magnetic Media questions about any delay in responding to the shooting incident as articulated by the relatives of the man killed, the Royal TCI Police today (Friday December 15) issued this:
“The Command Centre of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force received an initial call of gunshots being heard near Sandbar Street, Five Cays area, at 11:34 pm.
Officers were dispatched at 11:36 pm and arrived on the scene at 11:41 pm.
Yesterday morning (December 14th), Head of Crime, Safeguarding and Public Protection Superintendent Dean Holden met with the mother of Rascari Cox to extend condolences on behalf of the RTCIPF. An update on the investigation status was also provided,” explained Denyse Renne, Public Relations Officer with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police.
Too terrified to go outside out of fear of being shot, the relative explained having had to wait.
The young man is said to be a “stand-out employee, a national football player, also of outstanding character and a responsible son and a Christian.”
We learned that he was employed for years at Ocean Club.
KINGSTON, April 29 (JIS):
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says the outcome of discussions arising from the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) will assist in guiding the Government’s planning for climate change.
This, he points out, is important for climate mitigation as well as building Jamaica’s resilience.
“We look forward to the discussions that will, no doubt, take place. We look forward to the basis of planning for the Government to streamline its investments to ensure you have the tools that you need to better advise us, that the WRA (Water Resources Authority) has the tools to digitise its monitoring network, and that all of the agencies that touch our planning mechanisms have the tools. But we need to know what we are facing, and we’re guided by your expertise,” Minister Samuda said.
He was addressing the opening ceremony for the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (April 29).
Senator Samuda said given the fact that the climate has changed and continues to do so, investments in and collaborations on building Jamaica’s predictive and scientific capacity must be prioritised.
“Ultimately, we need to be able to assess our current climatic realities if we are to better plan, if we’re to insist and ensure that our infrastructure meets the needs that we need it to. I’m very happy that this event is happening… because this is a critical issue.
“Jamaica, last year, faced its worst and most severe drought… and this year, we’re already seeing the impacts of not quite as severe a drought but, certainly, a drought with severe impacts, especially in the western part of the country,” he said.
Principal Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, explained that the forum aims to, among other things, establish a collaboration platform for climate services providers and users to understand risks and opportunities of past, present and future climate developments, as well as improve inter-agency coordination of policies, plans and programmes.
Among the other presenters were Ambassador, European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen; Chief Scientist/Climatologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Adrian Trotman; and Head, Regional Climate Prediction Services, World Meteorological Organization, Wilfran Moufouma-Okia.
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica hosted the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) in partnership with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology and the World Meteorological Organization.
The National Stakeholder Consultation is a governance mechanism that guides how different sectors or actors work together to create products that contribute to adaptation and resilience-building. It seeks to create a road map for the development and implementation of climate services to inform decision-making.
NCF-1 aims to bridge the gap between climate providers and users. It increases the use of science-based information in decision-making and operations with the aim of generating and delivering co-produced and co-designed products and services.
CONTACT: CHRIS PATTERSON
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