BROTHERS MURDERED TOGETHER OVER WEEKEND

the gunshots and pursued the occupants of a darkcoloured Japanese vehicle travelling east along the parking lot, but the suspects evaded them.

Mr Oliver said he was at home praying when the shooting happened. He said in the days before the killings, he felt something bad would happen to his oldest son.

The father-of-five said he did not believe the people Tyrone Jr surrounded himself with would be good for his promising boxing career.

“Many times, there was a misconception between me and him because of some persons who he hangs around. I said they are criminals,” Mr Oliver said.

“I don’t sugarcoat what it is. I never had any bad sons, but the older one entwined himself with persons known by police. In many times, I admonished him and I said to him, ‘if you don’t watch out, your lifestyle gon’ cause you’.”

Mr Oliver said he was sad but unsurprised to learn his older son was killed.

He broke down only when he learned that Shakuar was also killed. He said he had warned him to stay away from Tyrone the day before their deaths.

“When I saw my son (Shakuar) for the last time, and the first time he came to the job to work with me, I told him to don’t go nowhere with your brother because he’s not good for you at this time and he drive right off that job Friday gone and Saturday morning, he gone out with that man and now he’s a dead man because he didn’t heed to the warning,” Mr Oliver said.

“And (when I got the news) I said ‘wow’, I told him not to be with this boy for this time because he’s not a good fit for you because in the holy spirit, I already know what God was showing me, so God was preparing me for this.”

Nonetheless, Mr Oliver said his sons were good men.

“I’ve never been in no police station to get them out of jail. I’ve never been in no court for none of them,” he added.

Relatives said Shakuar stayed to himself and was excited to marry the mother of his daughter and unborn child. The wedding was set for May 11 ––Tyrone Jr’s birthday. Tyrone Jr was going to be the best man.

Eunice Oliver, the mother of the murdered men, praised her sons and said their lives were cut too short.

“My son loved The Bahamas,” she said of

Tyrone Jr. “He had a passion for representing The Bahamas. He wanted to go to the top but was never given the chance he deserves. He was hardworking, loved to party, loved to dance. He was happy all the time.”

She described Shakuar as quiet, adorable, and family-oriented.

“His expecting wife, he loved her and his daughter,” she said. “He was a record producer. He was cutting records but never hit it out there, but he had some positive things and was sending positive messages in many of his songs.”

“My sons’ lives were cut down short. God loaned them to me for 22 years and 28 years. They impacted the lives of many. My heart bleeds for my two sons.”

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

POLICE are investigating the finding of a man’s decomposed body near an abandoned building off Carmichael Road Friday morning.

A passerby in the area discovered the body through a tract road and alerted officers shortly after 8am.

Police responded and upon examining the body found that there were no injuries.

“So, we do not suspect foul play in this particular incident,” Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told reporters on the scene.

“However, we are appealing to members of the public who may have not seen a loved one. We’re asking you to reach out to officers at the Carmichael Road police station … so we may find out exactly who this person is.”

Police suspect the victim was homeless, CSP Skippings added. “We are told that this person traversed this area on a regular basis and so we suspect that he may have been homeless and residing through this immediate area or hanging out in this particular area, so foul play is not suspected in this matter,” she said.

“However, our investigation continues.”

The police press liaison officers also e appealed to family members with struggling loved ones, saying: “We’re asking you to reach out to them.”

“Let’s see if we can house them. Let’s see if we could feed them. Let’s see if we could take care of them the way that they ought to be taken care of as family members even though they may not have that financial resource to live to the standard where you as a family member may be living.”

Friday’s discovery prompted the closure of the nearby school Achievers Christian Academy.

“Due to procedures, the officer advised me to end school early as the morgue would be coming here and officers would be surrounding the school and investigating and what not,” said Dr Mattheo Smith, the school’s president.

“Some students were afraid. Some (didn’t) know what’s going on. We tried to keep them on lockdown so they would not be exposed to the area and what not and, of course, parents were very afraid.”

This latest death comes a day after a man was shot and killed in his car in the Sea Breeze Lane area.

And on Wednesday, the bullet riddled body of 42-year-old Yinka Maria Strachan was found in South Beach canal.

“The only way this country will get better is if we all work together,” CSP Skippings also said. “It has to be a collaborative effort – police, the community, the church, the civic organisations – all of us have to play a key role in pulling it together and each one of us pulls our weight, we’ll have a better Bahamas.”