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Ruthless Roaring Creek Murder
posted (December 13, 2019)
28 year old Roaring resident Timroy Neal was executed last night after 10:00 in front of a Chinese store. Neal was shot at point blank range in very deliberate and merciless execution.

Now, Neal has had several run-ins with the law, but his family says Neal was changed man. Well, his attacker didn't feel so or just didn't care. Courtney Weatherburne has more.

Last night there was a most unlucky tragedy at Lucky Entertainment store in Roaring Creek, across the street from the Roaring Creek Police Substation. Timroy Neal was shot 7 times to the head. It was a merciless attack and it was all caught on surveillance camera. Neal was walking towards the store when a gunman who had arrived on a motorcycle ran up behind him and opened fire. Neal fell to pavement and the gunman finished him off. Neal's mom was in Ladyville when her cousin told her the terrible news.

Voice of: Avril Neal Mother
"Well cous' he said I have some bad news for you and I feel the vibes, like I feel it and I say no tell me they killed my son."

"And I say he dead? That is the first thing I asked him and he say yes and I just scream out, my kids start bawling and everyone start scream out."

No yell could have drowned out the sound of the gunshots that ended Neal's life.

Now Timroy Neal has been in the news several times before. At age 16, he was accused of the December 2006 stabbing death of 16 year old Elriquez Orellano but he was freed of the charge in 2010. He was also wanted in connection with other crimes including robbery in 2015. Neal's mom says she admits his bad track record but that doesn't make it any easier for her as a mom.

Voice of: Avril Neal Mother
"He had a run in with the law but down the road he changed a lot because I talk to him, my mom passed away like a month aback and we come and bury my mom and I tell him you need to relax yourself and change your life because you no have granny no more, granny is dead and he say mom I will stay right here, I born and grow here so if I have to dead here, I will dead here so he ended up dying in Roaring Creek."

"I know a lot of people rejoice because my son dead because nobody like Timroy, anything that happens in Roaring Creek or from Cayo to Roaring Creek they say it is him."

"I don't say my son is a saint but I love my son, I don't care what no says about my children, those are my kids and I don't care what no one talks bad about him because all of us has kids and they don't know who will knock on their door next."

But this isn't the first time death has come knocking at her door, her 18 year old son Merkel Pitts was also gunned down and killed in Ladyville in April 2016.

Voice of: Avril Neal Mother
"The first time I feel it when my first son die and I see people crying on TV for their kids I did not know I will put my foot in their shoes and it is not a nice feeling, mommy, I just want to tell the world that I leave everything to God you know why because there is a God and you know it very hurt, it hurt to lose two of my children to gun violence."

Neal leaves behind 2 young children. Neal's family says the police told them that they have the gunman's cycle and they are still investigating.

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