Step 1 - talk to the person who he was dropping home.

If it was a young lady then the most likely scenario is her stupid thug boyfriend was angry that a man was droping his girlfriend home at 4:30am...

Here's a guy who purportedly owned a sports bar and lounge on Saunders Beach and was sucking on the nipple of Public Treasury for salary and benefits in excess of $100,000 per year, all the while with the full blessing of Christie. Can't help but wonder who his partner(s) was (were) in his other full-time job selling highly profitable (and possibly duty exempt) spirits at night.

Hey fool: how many businesses did Brent Symnonette own while he was DPM...u sound like a jacks$$

I don't recollect Mr. Symonette ever having a full-time job with government and actually being involved in the day-to-day running of any of his own businesses. I do remember Mr. Symonette jokingly claiming from time-to-time about how underpaid he was as an elected official (MP) generously giving of his time to our country in exchange for political influence.

So the DPM is not a full time job? In addition to being an MP and also a member of the cabinet? Where is your creditability? You have more than a memory problem. Smt

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"So going into last evening I was preoccupied with the thought of what it is we have to do by way of strategies and crime.”

Does this clown ever "listen" to himself?

I thought the PLP election campaign was that they knew what to do and had stategies to eliminate crime.

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So this guy was using his GOVERNMENT ISSUED and plated vehicle to taxi his non-government employee home from work. I know it is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, the man is dead, murdered...but still...another fine example of how our culture of lawlessness carries on.

Yes this is another very sad tale for the year, but foolishness has to be identified and stopped.

Why would a government sports utility vehicle be on the road at 4AM on a Monday morning? Was the person on vacation or where they expected to be at work from 9AM o 5PM that day? And why does a private citizen have a government issued gas guzzler? Couldn't they concentrate their ourchases on economy cars like the swift? I've also seen government vehicles with I love KFC stickers on them. Isn't there some policy against that? If they win does the money go to the treasury?

Lets just assume he was issued the car because he is always on call in the event there is breaking news. So you are saying he should have left the red plate at home then go for it if he had gotten a call?

a murder rate of 1,216 p.a. looking at the 36 hours passed.

not sure Mr. Keith Bell, Min. B. Nottage should ever run for MP again... I guess he should run somewhere else.

Unbelievable. Another tragic murder. Who gives a shit what car he was driving.

But just typical of this governments mentality that it takes a killing of **ONE OF THEIR OWN** that only NOW they need to *change things and do something*.

I guess the rest of the country and Bahamian brothers and sisters who they dont know and who een in the loop could be damned.

I am curious- what did this young man do for a living before the 2012 election? Was he already a Director at BIS? For the past months i have been saying that Christie needed a press secretary. I didn't know he already had one!
And as sad as this story is- tragic really- even without the details. It really is wrong for the man to be using the government car to conduct personal business. It is what it is.

Four arrests already? Hope they're the right people.

This senseless killings and if the powers to be are serious, they can curb it. There are so many ways, but it call for honesty and integrity of those in charge. On a further note, too many government vehicles are being used as pleasure transportation, jitney and the like after hours. Just a small change that should be implemented immediately. Are you not tired of paying for the gas, wear and tear etc?. They could start with changing that, but someone else here already said its not a big deal. In the scheme of things its not, but it can affect a mindset that leads to positive change. No one especially in that position should be so entitled.

It is a big deal. Because it's a huge problem. When they run the car down using it to go to the movies and to church and to go to the food store, who pays when the car is run down before it's time? Who pays for the gas? Now multiply that by, I don't know, wild guess 1000 people every month. Did this young man have a history of working or was he just using the government job as his personal tab.

My condolences to the family of this young man. On another note, a key fact that was mentioned in this story shows why VAT will not be enough to save this country. You have civil servants using government vehicles for personal business, sometimes even on the weekends. This culture of abuse and entitlement among some Bahamians will never go away. Hence, VAT is needed to keep up with the huge tab that the government sector shoves up our butthole to pay every month to support their slackness. This madness needs to stop!

sometimes being owner means you still need a source of income elsewhere. sometimes government cars go to those second jobs at bars. sometimes government tag doesn't get the coldblooded killer to give a shit. sometimes they don't even consider whether or not an official could have been in the car in the dark. same with Davis's driver who was robbed at gunpoint in a government car.

Not trying to be insensitive to the situation, but the sad thing about this picture is that if it were an ordinary Bahamian who had been shot, you never would have gotten these speedy results. Just because this person is close to the PM, the command has been given to pull out all the stops! All of a sudden the powers that be are saying, " Let's do random road blocks, let's have a meeting-Quick round up some suspects cause its one of our own!" Just another fine example of how this government puts ALL Bahamians first.

The concern here should be the profiles of the alleged killers....one 18 and all under 24 years of age. Meaning we are still breeding murderers and cold blooded killers in this town. Animals who have no respect for life. And how many opportunities will an 18 Y/O have to kill again before he is put away or he loses his own life? And shame on those who try spite a man or justify his murder because he was ambitious...shAMe!

It is a dangerous thing when we try to justify cold blooded m u r d e r!

The Drug Enforcement Unit did the arrests in this case? Well, that answers our questions on what this murder was about!

They probably got the guys on camera, CCTV all over the place on Market St.