Barthelmy Cox.
No one has been arrested for the fatal shooting of Barthelmy Cox, also known as Diego or BB Boy, 36, of Ciceron, Castries.
Police Public Relations Officer Aniel Innocent said that the police are still searching for the shooter and his accomplice.
A post mortem examination will be conducted on Cox’s body today, to determine his cause of death.
Cox was fatally shot at his residence at about 11:50 p.m. on Thursday; Oct. 9.
It is alleged that Cox intervened in an altercation between his 19-year-old daughter and her boyfriend, when he was shot in the chest and killed.
It is further alleged that the deceased, along with relatives and friends, had warned his daughter about the relationship with the suspect.
His aunt Muriel Fortune had told SNO, that the shooter had threatened to kill Cox, but he never took it serious.
According to neighbours, the daughter’s boyfriend had left the premises after Cox asked him to leave. However, he returned a few minutes later with another male, and started firing shots from the entrance of the passageway leading to Cox’s home.
After hearing the gunshots, Cox and his daughter became alert. Several shots were then fired at Cox who confronted the men.
Cox attempted to run, but was shot in the chest region. His daughter managed to escape because she too was afraid that she might have been shot.
Persons close to the deceased described Cox as a peacemaker.