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The Other Side Of The Faber’s Road Shooting
posted (July 9, 2010)
As we reported earlier on the top of our newscast - a broad daylight shooting has left one man, Calvin Graham dead and 8 year old Marquis Mahler critical at the KHMH. This evening 7 news caught up Graham's common-law-wife and one of the 7 children he now leaves behind.

Monica Bodden
"How many kids do you guys have together?"

Eva Jones, Common-law-wife
"six."

Monica Bodden
"What kind of father is Mr. Graham."

Eva Jones
"He is a nice person, that is all I can say he was a nice person because when he has a little money he always share with his children, so I don't know why they had to take away his life from him , form his 6 children."

Monica Bodden
"When did you get the new this afternoon? When did you get it?"

Eva Jones
"I feel shaken and all this afternoon because the kids done really live with me, they live with him right here, because we done live together, I use to always come out and if the children to buy a bread or something I would buy it for the children. So I don't know why they had to take away my children's' father from them my kids are young get."

Nicole Nicholas, daughter
"About 2-2:30pm i was just sitting doing some paper work and stuff as usual inside, and that is when they text me and said Nicholas your father just got shot. But from earlier on you could heir the ambulance and the police but I never expect nothing much just another murder or anothershooting as usual."

Monica Bodden
"Ever expecting that it was your father."

Nicole Nicholas
"Yes, things happen right, you just have to live with the best of it for right now. I don't know who would have wanted to do that, but as the thing goes on, they always have a back and forth with his woman, but i don't know how that goes. Maybeit's the wrong target like they say, Maybe the wrong person, but at the end of the day only God can be the judge of that. Just like a normal father would be with them kids you know. He just try's to be there for us as usual and make sure everything goes well at the end of the day you know, He works hard but that is just his way of living."

Monica Bodden
"How many kids did your father have?"

Nicole Nicholas
"Seven."

Monica Bodden
"Seven of you guys."

Nicole Nicholas
"And I am the oldest"

Monica Bodden
"Now when you got the new you went straight to the Hospital?"

Nicole Nicholas
"To tell you the truth, I didn't even reach to the hospital. The way I am feeling right now, I would drop right down."

Goldburn "Easy Glen" Adolphus
"It's very sad. Like i have always say mein crime and violence is not only made for me and you that live over the other side or you live in the poor area. Crime and violence is for anybody, It can knock on anyone's door sistren with the way it's happening in this Country right now, i would wise they find a solution for this pollution."

At news time we spoke to the grandmother of 8 year old Marques Mahler who says he is now out of the operating theatre and is showing signs of improvement. Again the shooting incident happened around 12:30 this afternoon at number 40 Faber's Road Extension.

Police do not know what motivated it but they have gotten a trace on the car - which was sold just this week. Police suspect gang involvement.

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