Another man was killed last night - and again, it appears to have been a case of wanton violence or being at the wrong place, wrong time.
54 year old Winston Whylie was walking on Victoria Street late at night when a gunman rode up and shot him - for no apparent reason. We went looking for answers today. We warn you that the story does have graphic images of him right after he was shot:..
Robin Schaffer reporting
This is Winston Whylie around 11:00 last night, minutes after he was shot on the Victoria street sidewalk. Residents say he was conscious and gasping for air, with a gunshot wound to his midsection. The culprit: a man on bicycle who rode away.
Police came to pick him up within five minutes, and the staff at the KHMH tried to save him, but by 1:00 am, he was dead.
His family got there too late.
Wilma Thompson, Sister of deceased
"We went to the hospital me and my daughter and when we got there he was already dead. He was not a person who was violent. His job was fixing bicycles out of Lovely Lane and where he hangs out. I don't know really what was the reason. I can't say until more information comes. But it's also das because I just lost my brother 2 months ago, Norman Thompson, the taxi driver and it's just simply rough - they knocked down my two grandchildren and I just wish I could get some kind justice some kind of way because first, it was two grandchildren on Mahogany where the hit and run took place and Norman died two months ago and now this was my other brother."
The shooting murder is puzzling for residents who only knew him as a bicycle repair man.
But not so puzzling for his family. They say he had been receiving threats in the area where he was killed
Wilma Thompson, Sister of deceased
"Yes, he told my mom that he was receiving threats. They discussed it, but he was somebody who his navel string bury at Lovely Lane, so it doesn't matter how many threats he will be out there. He came home after 11, the time when he got shot was the same time he is usually home."
Now, this family which has seen so much loss, just wants closure:
Wilma Thompson, Sister of deceased
"I don't know which way to go and I don't know which way to think, but I just wish that the killing would stop, at least for this family - too much tragedy back to back."
Those we spoke to in the general area of the shooting who called police to take him to the hospital, feel that the gunman just wanted to hurt someone on Victoria Street because of gang rivalries.
While that is one theory, it is important to note that Whylie had killed a man and been charged for it in the 1990's.
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