TWENTY-five-year-old Karl Mc Donald, known as ‘Karlie’ or ‘Donno’, succumbed at the New Amsterdam Hospital shortly after he was stabbed to his abdomen during a fight over a girl between his cousin and the suspected assailant at High Dam, Angoy’s Avenue.
The suspected killer, Samuel Chase, aged 22 years of John Lewis Street, Angoy’s Avenue is being pursued by the police.

Meanwhile, the incident occurred just after 18:00hrs on Boxing Night as residents of that community were celebrating the festive season at a nearby ‘Barbecue and Lime. According to the mother of the deceased, Lorraine Mc Donald, one of her nephews has a relationship with the suspect’s ex-lover and as a result, there was an argument between the two on Christmas Night.

“My second son went to talk to the boy [suspect] whom he hit. The boy went away and returned last night [Wednesday] at the Barbecue. He saw my nephew with the girl and he fired a chop, but my nephew ran away. He then go to my second son, but that one ran away too. Karlie, my eldest boy, then chucked him, telling him to rest he self. It was then he fired a chop with the cutlass, sending Karlie backwards into a nearby trench,” the woman related.

By the time public-spirited persons pulled McDonald out of the trench, his entrails were protruding and he was gasping for breath. Although he was quickly rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital, doctors told family members that despite their best efforts, he succumbed as the injuries were complicated.

McDonald was described as a quiet person who was never involved in a fight during his school years. However, his mother is of the opinion that because the attacker did not get her nephew or her second son, he retaliated and attacked her oldest child. “It was no mistaken identity. The boys have distinctive features and built, the woman lamented.”

Further, she said “it was just a month ago that he small daughter tell he that she dream he dead. I told him to rebuke it, but he says is a joke, as he will live long.”