A violent incident in Marchand on Sunday night has left 29-year-old Denver Felix dead and another man injured, sparking renewed appeals from family members and community leaders to address persistent violence.
Around 9:30 p.m., officers from the Marchand Police Station responded to reports of a stabbing along George Charles Boulevard. According to police, initial investigations revealed that one male was transported by private means to the Owen King European Hospital (OKEU) with apparent stab wounds.
Felix, a resident of the area, was discovered at the scene with what appeared to be stab wounds. He was taken to OKEU by ambulance and was later pronounced dead.
The circumstances that led to the incident remain unclear, and police investigations are ongoing.
One of Felix’s siblings gave reporters an emotional account of their bond. “Well, that was my brother and my brother and I were very close. My brother was there like my backbone,” she said.
“I must say… He’s done things already in the past… My brother wasn’t perfect, but at the same time, to be honest with you, I just don’t know what led to the killing of my brother. I wasn’t there so I cannot say anything much.”
She recalled plans to visit him just a day after the incident. “I was supposed to see him on Monday morning with my daughter. [On Sunday] my brother told my daughter, ‘Mimi, uncle loves you… Mommy will bring you to see uncle on Monday.’ But I never saw my brother on Monday.”
She said the tragedy has devastated the family, particularly their mother. “My mom is hypertensive. That touched my mother real bad. Also my mother is very sick at home, honestly.”
Shervon James, older brother of the stabbing victim who he identified as Shane John, shared his account of what transpired.
He explained that his brother had decided not to attend a Sunday boat ride and was instead helping out at the family bar. “He actually always comes to help me in my bar. He doesn’t like those party things so he kept himself away from that boat ride. I was in my room after the boat ride, checking on some stuff and then my girlfriend rushed in to call me and told me, ‘look, they stabbing Shane there.”
James rushed outside but didn’t see the perpetrator. “I did not see the individual to be honest but I saw my brother on the ground, tried to assist him the best way I can and when we called the ambulance they took a very long time so my nephew just grabbed his bus and we rushed him to the hospital.”
“As we speak, he’s not good, but he’s fighting. We’re trying our best to cope with it and all we’re asking for is the end of the violence because the violence keeps on coming.”
James, a local businessman and community organiser, said he has long worked to provide constructive outlets for young people in the area. But the persistence of violence has left him feeling frustrated and disheartened.
“I tried my best to have different activities for the youth and we’re still not getting the love and the support. You understand?” he said.
“I know that PM [Prime Minister] is very busy, but we need him to come and see us so we could try to sit down to organise stuff for the youth because with the youth going through those kind of difficult times in life now, they turn to crime,” James pleaded.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force is urging anyone with information on the incident to contact the Marchand Police Station at 456-3885. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by dialing 555 (the Crime Hotline) or through the RSLPF Crime Hotline Application.
I don’t know. How does a parent raise a child to believe that inflicting violence is the best response to a dispute? I just don’t know.
If parents raise their children in the way of God, they won’t need to worry about indiscipline or unruly behavior. Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. I am following God’s way, and I urge you parents and guardians to do the same.
He was a good boy ….