Four shot at candlelight vigil

The St James police are maintaining a strong presence in the Cambridge community, after four persons were shot at a candlelight vigil last Saturday.

According to police reports, about 11 p.m., two gunmen opened fire on a group of community members.

When the police reached the location, four persons were discovered suffering from gunshot wounds. They were then taken to hospital. Three motor vehicles were also damaged by bullets.

The vigil was being held for Javoy Sparks, of Ducketts Road in the community, who died on October 15 after complaining of feeling ill.

A resident told THE STAR that about 3 p.m. on the day Javoy died, he was at home with his mother, and other children when he ate a piece of bread and drank a bag juice.

Everything turn upside down

"Later that evening about 5 o'clock, Javoy did in a di house a play video game when a ice cream man pass tru, and di mother buy ice cream fi him and some other pickney who ova di house," the resident said. "Shortly after dat him tell him mother dat him nuh feel so well an she tell him fi go lay down. But everything turn upside down wen one a the pickney dem come tell him mother seh him lay dung pon di bed wid him mouth wide open, and seh him nah move."

The mother raised an alarm, and she and other family members took Javoy to the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The police say they are searching for two persons of interest in connection with the shooting.