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Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred at Fond Assau, Babonneau, on Sunday night.
However, details surrounding the incident are sketchy.
An ambulance from the Babonneau Fire Station responded after receiving a call for assistance at about 9:20 pm and found that the victim, who appeared to be in his twenties, had succumbed.
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There are pandemics of cataclysmic proportions in Saint Lucia. Everyday it’s either gun violence with or without the loss of life, motor vehicle/ motor bikes accident with or without the loss of life, stabbing/ hacking with or without the loss of life and the vast majority are young men either die or maimed and scarred for life, armed robbery, grievous bodily harm macheté style. There will be a generation of men and women all scarred for life with some bodily injury….Total lawless alone that reigns in Saint Lucia. The fact that 88 citations in a day were written up in Castries alone for vehicular offences says a lot. It means the society is living loose with the law of the land and the government has been slack in enforcing the law. But this is what you get when people don’t obey the law of the land. Thet break one law and don’t get punished and they therefore think they can breath another law and get away with it. It’s time the government get tough on those petty crimes… uninsured vehicles, unlicenced vehicle, parking anywhere vehicles, unworthy vehicles using the roads, joy riders popping a Wheely every here and there, speeding driver and riders…I would go as far as banning that yearly island wide bikers ride until bikers get their act together or enforce that ALL road users take another more vigorous driving test and meet strict road etiquette and safety protocols. It’s time to get draconian because people no longer cherish life anymore. When the people don’t give a rat’s tail about the rules, then the ruler must come down hard on their behinds. It’s adults behaving like children behaving like toddlers behaving like infants, behaving like foetuses behaving like unfertilised eggs – without a brain – Pure madness. What are the institutions churning out? What kinds of people are the home,s churning out? What kinds of people are the schools churning out? The church ( the institution that claims it has the answers but has proved useless) what kinds of people is it churning out? Businesses, what kinds of people are they churning out? Politics, what kinds of people is it churning out? It’s ridiculous that a small nation like Saint Lucia has such bad statistics. The fundamentals don’t look good and if this trend continues, we will be in dia straights in a few decades time. The last census shows birth rates are falling slowly. Combine this with the lost of young adults through violence or accidents you will have severe demographic pressures. And that’s even before considering the loss of life through disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, obesity. Conditions that are endemic in Saint Lucia. The government must do more. They can atleast get tough on rule breakers..this much they can do. I hate to be disparaging of my beloved nation but it has to be said because it’s the truth….bitter as it is. This is not the Saint Lucia I know. We have two Nobel laureates because we had men who had drive, integrity, motivation to achieve, honour, love of country and sophistication. Men who grew up in a time when honour meant something. Pride in nationhood meant something. Will Saint Lucia ever produce another Nobel laureate? Not by the kind of regress our nation is showing right now. For every single grand achievement, there seems to be five negative countervailing factors. And what is glaring is the government dies not show any sign of urgency in dealing with these negative fundamentals. And if they are, their urgency is at a snail’s pace. Perhaps it is true. The people get the government they deserve. Analyse that last statement. It is deep.And yet, I live in expectation of a better Saint Lucia. Indeed, everything evolves with time.
In terms of population, compare St Lucia to a small American city. At the top of the American chart is the mayor and city council. The mayor is responsible for a host of departments like public works, financial management, security (police and fire) etc. The head of security is typically a veteran police officer or some retired FBI or law enforcement officer. Their system is normally extremely efficient. The mayor receives input from the various departments and he has the last word. Sometimes the mayor’s decisions are based on political considerations…. reelection.
Compare the American small city security system with what we have here. The head of security here is a man who specialized in a totally different field. He doesn’t bring years of experience to the table. Take it from me, nothing beats experience in any task. Be it football, cricket, fishing, drafting etc.
Many of us might remember 9/11. The fight against “terrorism” started with laws. The Malay Emergency began with laws. The fight against of the Mau Mau rebellion began with laws. The Nuremberg Laws were a bunch of laws in Germany. Almost all security fights start with security laws. Have you seen any security laws in St. Lucia recently? I will not go any further because I sense you know where this is going.
We are in such bad shape and we don’t know it. Here is Pierre in February, “police have all the legal powers to combat crime.”
Yet, this man is still releasing gunmen on bail. He is issued a bunch of new vehicles to the police and he hopes they should do the trick. Just imagined if George W. Bush had only issued new vehicles and equipment to security personnel after 9/11. Did I tell you that we’re are stuck in a rut?
As you deh c wiz I sure ur life well comfortable….so just shut ur ***
Do not let the (god) you depend on deceive you, Will not save you !!
I am in pain and distress :
May your Salvation,O God,protect me !
I will praise God’s name in a song and glorify him with Thanksgiving, you gives strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak,
Our GOD is a God who SAVES ; FROM 😈 EVIL, FROM THE SOUVEREIGN LORD COMES ESCAPE OF DEATH ❗ ‼️
@ Poule Foo well said….the laws of the land leaves much to be desired.
In the meantime, we have a march celebrating the victory.
LUCIANS AT WAR WITH
GOD.
I personally don’t know anything about this person C-WIS but everything said there is in lined with my thinking so I say amen to that
AND I APPROVED THIS MESSAGE