Vieux-Fort, St Lucia: family of Westall Group, Vieux-Fort, is consumed with grief and anger after two of their loved ones were slain last evening while in bed.
The deceased are identified as Tara Joseph, 47, aka Lucess, who was shot four times, and her grandson, Kentrell Joseph, 2, who received eight gunshots. Tara was pronounced dead at the hospital, while her grandson was pronounced dead at the crime scene.
According to a family member, the assailants used a chair to reach a partially opened window in the house from where they fired the gunshots.
“I heard someone kick the gate open and heard gunshots bursting. I did not want to open my door because gunshots were bursting,” the family member recounted.
He said his cousin in the nearby house shouted at him, saying they were killing his mother.
“I came in the yard and saw the child flat on the ground. Those guys have no heart,” the family member grieved.
The assailants went into another home of a relative of the victim before shooting the two victims, but the occupant of that home wasn’t there at the time.
“If I were at my home, I would be dead also. It’s a good thing I was not at home,” the grieving family member said.
Yesterday, Saturday, April 8, the presence of the police officers wasn’t as noticeable in Vieux-Fort as in previous days. The grieving family members believed the incident may not have occurred due to a strong police presence.
In another incident, a young man from Vieux-Fort was gunned down last night in the usually quiet community of Cedars Heights.
