Cheryl Clarke (inset) was shot on Brazil Street, Castries.
A well-known Wilton’s Yard woman has succumbed to gunshot wounds – almost three months after her husband, an elder in the community, was shot to death.
Shortly after the shooting, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police for Crime and Intelligence, Milton Desir had confirmed with St. Lucia News Online (SNO) that the victim is Cheryl Clarke of Wilton’s Yard (also known as Graveyard) in Castries, but could not provide additional details at the time.
However, at around 4 a.m., SNO received news from reliable sources that Clarke passed away during surgery at hospital – about two to three hours after the shooting occurred on Brazil Street, Castries.
Asher ‘BJ’ Emmanuel, husband of Cheryl Clarke, was gunned down in April 2015.
Sources told SNO that Clarke was attacked shortly after leaving a bar (upstairs Starlite) where she had been “playing the machines”. The sources said it appears that Clarke’s movement were being monitored by the assassin/s.
Several Castries residents told SNO that they heard multiple gunshots (at least five) in the vicinity of Chaussee Road between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. before Clarke was found on the road suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Reports that she was involved in an altercation with a male inside the bar and that she was shot in a vehicle before collapsing on the road have NOT been confirmed.
Arthur Clarke, brother of Cherly Clarke, was gunned down in 2011.
Clarke’s husband Asher ‘BJ’ Emmanuel, 48, of Bexon, Castries but was living at Wilton’s Yard, was fatally shot on the morning of April 7, 2015 at the Chaussee Road/Leslie Land intersection.
Jamie Butcher, 22, of Rose Hill, Castries was charged with his murder.
Clarke’s brother, Arthur ‘Afoo’ Clarke, was gunned down in Chase Gardens, Castries on January 27, 2011 as he exited his vehicle. He was 48.
Police sources have told SNO that they fear Clarke’s death will spark a gang war.
Plans are now being made to beef up security in the communities near Chaussee road.
