I am so sorry to hear about this young man, and for his family who has been left behind. The truth is no government, or Police or people can stop this disregard for life. it all has to come from a change of hearts and minds , and most importantly what are these heartless people taught in their homes. Love and the fear of a great God is absent from their lives..

They are now being taught indirectly by the government, social media and their families themselves that, there is no real future for young persons here in the Bahamas. The hope for jobs and a better income is hardly in sight with more and more taxes being added to an already struggling society. Old Cronies are well beyond the retirement age and yet they still sit in high positions without the room for growth for the youth. Simply, there is no real future here for the youths, the Tourism industry is packed and all positions basically taken up and yet it still doesn't budge the unemployment rate. New implementations with millions of dollars spent are surely proving to be a waste, for example BAMSI. This place is just trying to do so much with so little and it is biting the governing body and the people in the a$$.

Well generalcrazy, what would you do to cause crime to drop in a month.? Please enlighten us all.

This just goes to prove that if someone wants you dead in this country, there's little or nothing you can do to stop can do to stop them. The pepertrator will always have the element of surprise and even arming yourself is useless. The only thing that may help is swift justice and harsh sentencing. Murder is becoming engrained in our culture so much so that is now an everyday occurance. Young men are joining gangs not realizing it is near impossible to get out and live. A country cannot prosper when so many young men are being murdered and just as many more are turning into heartless, cold blooded murderers.

Too much of our young bahamians are jealous of the other success. Anytime a young man or woman start to do something positive with their life the more attractive they become. More females , nice clothes , cars n home. Meanwhile the haters who don't wanna put in the work to better themselves start to feel some type of way (jealousy). As we all know jealousy is the leading cause of deaths in the Bahamas next to drugs. A bahamian man especially can't picture his ex with a next nigga that is doing better than him. Niggas WEAK

@Javiebenz

Your statement comes from a place of self-importance and ignorance. Just because a person has a nice car, clothes and home does not make one want to go out and kill them! There are definitely more factors at play to what is happening within our little society. There are many families scraping the bottom (barely getting by) who have little or no opportunities for making their situations better; and it ain't for the lack of trying either! I'm not saying that we don't have a few bad apples there, but they are amongst EVEN those of higher social standing. (Call no name, carry no blame) So before you get on your high horse looking down on us small folk; as so many of these young "paper chasers" think they have all the answers. Please look around.. ITS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU!

BTW.. You are a prime example of where the mindset of our youth are today. Sorry but material things such as clothes don't make the man/woman. It's not what you have, but your perception, moral values and how you treat your fellow man.

This is the fourth or maybe fifth young man who was,"apparently " armed and still lost his life in an ambush. This is at leash the 20th high profile or young man of status to be killed in a year. When will enough be enough?

Anytime a person cannot express his opinion without profanity or attacking someone verbally then what he/ she has to say probably has no value

Anytime someone decides he is so much more enlightened than everyone else that he feels he can set the standard of moral authority upon anyone else, then you can be sure he is a pompous jackass.

"Freedom Of Expression" was initiated for exactly this type of nonsense that emanates from individuals who sit on their self proclaimed high horse's above the rest of us.

**Have at it "generalcrazy"**......Perhaps if more people stopped speaking in whispers behind closed doors and loudly cussed these lousy, good for nothing, self serving politicians more, they would be more inclined to do whats right!

generalcrazy the number of murders in London out of Seven Million is lower than The Bahamas out of 350,000. See below:
***"www.citizensreportuk.org/reports/london…
There have been good reductions (around 20% reduction) in the number of London murders in 2012, with under a 100 murders in 2012 compared to about 120 murders in 2011. London is the safest it has been for over 3 decades, this is despite London's population growing bigger and more diverse over the last 30 years."***

Wow! Something to really think about!

My family has vacationed in Bahamas over the last 35 years and have planned a May week in a house on Eastern Rd. near the end or point. I have never thought about cancelling or not vacationing in Bahamas but am now. Have three grandbabies (under one year to 4 yrs.) going along with hubby and our 3 grown children and their spouses ....I don't want any harm to them. What say you, the residents, should we cancel and find a new place to vacation? Pickpockets I can handle, robbery and murder just plain scares me. Your advise is greatly appreciated. Thanks

I hope you do not cancel your trip. Most of your time will be spent on the property and knowing what I know of the area, I believe your family would be safe.

Thank you for the reply, we will go and enjoy the beautiful Bahamas.