WB man shot dead by 7MB shops
Police at crime scene, 1 October 2016
(CNS) Updated Saturday 12:20pm: Police launched a murder inquiry Saturday morning after a West Bay man, whom they have now identified as Justin Manderson (24), was found with fatal gunshot wounds near Seven Mile Shops, along the West Bay Road, at around 1:40am. He died at hospital about two hours later. The police are now searching for a man seen leaving the scene, who was described as light-skinned, with hair pulled back with a pony tail, wearing light blue jean shorts.
The lead officer on the case, Detective Chief Inspector Malcolm Kay, is appealing for witnesses who were in the vicinity between 1:30 and 2:30am and may have seen or heard anything that sounded like gunshots or someone running away. He noted that people driving home or taxi drivers could have seen something.
Justin Manderson
The police said that the 911 emergency call centre received a phone call at 1:48 this morning (Saturday 1 October) that shots had been fired and that a man was lying on the sidewalk along the West Bay Road, near the exit of the Seven Mile Shops.
Police and Emergency Units responded to the scene and found that the man was non-responsive. Police officers administered extensive First Aid/CPR at the scene, but an RCIPS spokesperson said the victim succumbed to his injuries at the Cayman Islands Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:33am.
No one else was injured in relation to the incident.
As the George Town Criminal Investigation Department begin their murder investigation, the RCIPS said they have increased patrols in light of any tensions that may arise in relation to this incident.
This is the first murder in Cayman for well over a year, since Jason Powery was killed in July 2015, and is already suspected to be a gang related.
Manderson was known to the police as a suspected gang member and was acquitted last summer of the murder of Victor Oliver Yates (22) in January 2015 after the murder trial collapsed when the witnesses refused to testify in court. Yates was gunned down outside Super C’s in West Bay in the early morning hours of 3 January 2015.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call George Town CID at 949-4222. Anonymous tips can be provided via the Miami-based call centre Crime Stoppers at 800-8477(TIPS), or here.
any comment from the west bay mla’s?????
Didn’t you watch Cayman 27? Mac was on
This will continue until BOTH parents are forced by law and our elected officials to morally and financially take responsibility for the offspring they sire…
You know, tough love rather than coddling for votes…..
Guns dont kill people people kill people but “government officials” who have been and are involved in importing and distributions of guns & drugs should be prosecuted and not on bail! Need i say more.
This and many of Cayman’s problems stem from one main issue – kids having kids. Poor parenting and the discrediting of a good education is a perfect environment for weeds to grow.
In Cayman, it has always seemed as if having a child takes priority over a good education. Without any real exposure, what can this man (child) show and teach his offspring. They cant even take care of themselves but yet they think they are equiped to multiply? Priorities Cayman! Raise the education standards Cayman! Stop breastfeed your grown kids Cayman! Dont know this guys full story but I know many others who are a product of just that.
I know our police force has its fair share of issues but they cant be blamed for the hatred and senseless actions which these guys commit. Their minds are made up, and the police are really there to investigate after the crime has been committed. Bend the tree when its young Cayman!
These cultural differences of tolerances toward violence need to be celebrated. Imagine all the diversity that could be had if these gangsters started going to college and how much they would improve our system. You are racists if you think otherwise.
Twenty-four years old. My goodness, what a waste of a life. When will these boy-men realise the utter meaningless of their life-styles? They consider themselves “men” but are anything but. So sad.
What I don’t understand is why would Justin Manderson be hanging out by Nectar on a Friday or Saturday night when that place is a known spot for fights and trouble? If I knew people blamed me for the death of someone else and were seeking to retaliate and kill me I would certainly be keeping a low profile and never be seen in public (unless it was to go to church and clean up my image). Why didn’t his family and friends tell him to stay home, it would have saved his life. People need to speak up and maybe tell their troubled friends to “chill out and stay home.”
You are absolutely right – superb advice for someone who is not a gun toting gang member. Of course, if you are a gang banger being asked to avoid night spots, bad company and hang out in church is a little bit contrary to the chosen lifestyle.
Little boys with grown man toys… And with what will be graduating on to the streets each year we will all need bullet proof vests and burglar bars. Young criminals wreaking havoc and menace on the whole country; parents and politicians playing blame game, police force ill-equipped and ill-prepared.
Rest Peacefully Victor Yates you are missed dearly
One jerk less to breath my air.
Who’s next? I can’t wait.
You are atrocious!!! My Lord!!! And you talking about him and other murderers? Do you realised you just said that it’s ok to murder people you personally have no liking for? Praying that you never really feel these words.
Hope they catch whoever did this and manage to convict them- then we get rid of two for the price of one.
Send those shops to jail!
Really, death is a joke now? Just remember God don’t like ugly. Or do you not have any family members to worry about?
My joke was about CNS’ poorly worded headline, not death. You should try to learn to read, and maybe work on developing a sense of humour whilst you’re at it
A few years ago, shortly after (then new) Police Commissioner Baines took up his post, he boldly declared that RCIPS knew all the gang members and gun criminals, and inferred they would soon be rooted out.
Perhaps his unspoken strategy was to leave them and let them kill-off each other. if so, it’s not a good strategy, in my opinion, as collateral damage is always a likelihood, but seemingly quite effective!!
Yes, live by the sword and die by the sword but every one is some mother’s child. Parents need to do their best to deter their children from gangsta life when they’re young. Many of our parents don’t even try.
Another pillar of the community lost……take it how you want.
Hopefully some cctv coverage will emerge, if not we need to know why.Government spent millions on the cameras., but we never seem to get any video of crime suspects
Top tip, if shooting someone try to do it whilst wearing Lycra, and ideally on South Sound, that way, as you flee nobody will pay you any mind.
Sadly no one ever seems to witness killings anyway.
So sad for the family, and another one’s gone another one…..
Sad for the family? Another menace to society is gone, he has killed how many people and got away with murder?
Well his time is up! XXXX Take responsibility Cayman; this is our own home-grown problem!
Look at that pic! He has a gun on his waist, standing in a PUCLIC restroom!
Stop dragging your damn kids up and expecting them to be a frigging accountant or lawyer! And for God sake, do NOT blame the Government for your child’s lack of ambition and purpose! That, dear parents is on YOU!
You have definitely crossed the line! Despite his past & reputation, he is still human! STILL SOMEONE’S BLOOD!You know NOTHING about what he has or hasn’t done, and quite frankly, it’s not up to you to have a say either. You OBVIOUSLY know nothing about his family to make such accusations. How dare you say his time is up! No one is perfect, and you obviously don’t know him to know that he was trying to change. You sound so narrow-minded. I usually wouldn’t respond to such ignorant comments, but this one is really ridiculous & heartless. You should be so ashamed in commenting this, God doesn’t judge us based on what we’ve done because he knows we have so much to offer, he knows our purpose and he’s a forgiving God. So who are YOU to judge?
I don’t want any arguments. I just pray that your mentality changes. I pray that people will contribute to the change and actually try to listen and think positively, instead of this horrible mentality. This is why gang members feel like it’s impossible to change/start over; people like you are always judging and slapping labels on them as if they are not allowed to change or to human rights. That lifestyle is not easy to come out of; we should encourage them to change, we should provide a shoulder to lean on when turning their life around is hard, not judge or question whether they are worthy enough to live! AND DON’T YOU DARE PUT BLAME ON OR INSINUATE THAT THE FAMILY IS NOT ALLOWED TO GRIEVE OR NOT WORTHY ENOUGH TO FEEL SORRY FOR! You have no right to do so.
Please grab a Bible.
Yes, a good time to start over is after intimidating witnesses so as to get away with murder. What was he doing at Nectar at that time then, carry a bible and trying to save lost souls?
You sound like you’re beyond perfect, tell me your secret?
You can’t expect a complete turn around, you can’t read his mind. Are you implying that people who go to nectar are all bad? He’s done wrong things, there is no excusing that, but you have no right to blame his family/parents, for one. I’ve seen stories where murderers become a Christian! I’m not saying that he was an angel, or even trying to be one- but your comment was so insensitive, bringing family into this as if they did not try to raise him right. Talking about him as if he was worthless. I know people that grow up around gang members and are completely different. I know of people who grew up in Churches and turned to gangs! He made bad choices, but at the end of the day, it’s between him and God. And if our community, non-gang members don’t change this whole “revenge” mentality, as if killing anyone is okay, then how will the gang members?
Thank you 12:38pm!
I am reading many comments that suggest we blame the parents. What I want to know is how can we do this if the person/criminal is an adult? I grew up in the same home as my sister and we turned out very different. I chose to go to college, earn a degree and work (in the US and in the Cayman Islands for numerous firms). My sister chose a very wayward path and even went to prison for a white collar crime. She had a child out of wedlock as well and did not go to a four year university. We both grew up in the same home with the same resources (my father is also an ordained minister who made us go to church, pray and read the bible). Maybe parents aren’t always to blame esp. if the person is an adult or maybe some kids don’t want to follow in their parents footsteps?
Youre the only person with sense on this whole comment section!
Um, because your upbringing as a child is imperative to becoming a decent and honest adult.
If your parents never teach you right from wrong, how to apologize and/or make a mends for wrong-doings or hurting others then you are raised with a sense of entitlement which makes you feel invincible and above others.
When you see someone who has zero regard for human life it’s pretty obvious they weren’t raised with any decency.
The problem here is that no one cares, not even their parents.. If one of our elite wAs shOt and killed last night let’s call him “a caymanian millionaire” laws would change immediatley to address the problem. The youth is disconnected and the powers that be don’t care as long as the money keeps flowing….We have twenty four thousand work permits and the churches main concern is gays and lesbian loving each other …..meet you all in hell… Assuming that it’s worse than this ….Have a nice day!!!!
You should have stopped after your first sentence!
Bla bla bla, blame game again!
Maybe you are deaf and dumb, but read this and let it sink in; PARENTS are solely to blame for their children. Not society, not the Government, not your neighbors, not the expats. YOU, and YOU alone.
Take responsibility for your piss-poor parenting skills. This guy probably sat down regularly and drank, smoked and played dominoes with his mother and other relatives. The youth ARE disconnected because YOU are disconnected as a parent!
#Wake-Up
Agreed 11:44am; parenting has gone completely bonkers today. Children are left to do as they please and when they reach adult-hood they reek havoc on society.
Gear up police. More to come in retaliation and counter-retaliation.
Sad to see young lives ruined. Sad to say it was inevitable. Sad to say we are better off without this one.
Gear up for what? To interrupt the disposal of the other 3? If police hear they are in east End they should stall the car in WB. Why do good policemen or women have to put their life at risk to get in between this. Its only 3 left. So let them at it. From a tourism point of view, we just have to let them know they don’t have nothing to fear. In our little population its a matter of 10 little pants down little boys that are being suped up by some little idle baby girl that has 4 baby fathers and 3 in prison.
So now I got that off my chest.
Leave them alone. Let them get this over fast so we don’t have to ruin Christmas.
These are our Home grown, Caymankind. No love lost between little boys and there lack of daddy in the home.
Amen 8:41pm!
Well said!
Sorry to say but Cayman is a little bit safer today now,
I love this comment
No loss!!!!
Atleast you know!
Live in the vicinity of a sword and you might get cut.
You all are talking that police won’t do this or that. This behavior all started in the home.Start with family, every member of the families KNOW what their sons and daughters are doing ,and the lifestyle they are engage in. So just stop pretending!!!!!
Your father ma & your brother and your freinds boy in due time R.i.p kido
your response disgusts me, and this type of attitude is why Cayman can’t progress and change for the better.
One word, Karma!
Nectar needs to be shut down!!! Why is that place still open??!
Never happen! The people behind it are too well ‘connected’.
Justice is served
I don’t know why people always say west bay is dangerous. I looks to me like 7 mile shops is not safe. Police need to clean that place up!
Its sad thst cns puts up a pic like that, just let the man rest regardless, he is deceased.. someones son.
It’s a pic he took of himself and post online! If that’s how he wanted others to see him what’s your problem? Make him look less like a victim maybe?
Agree with you on this Jotnar….. yea he was somebody son but he did post the pic and that was the character he wanted portrayed so, not sure why you 9:36 on about the pic CNS posted?… also, do not forget the other “son’s” he took way from other mothers as well just for the fun of it….
Wonder if anyone will testify now? These guys are serious thugs and they kill. Why stick your neck out and “snitch” if the thug life is going to take care of it all anyway?
We might not have Police like what we expect , but most of the problem lies with poor parenting. Most of the time its one parent that messes up. These kids are their own bosses and do as they please. The next thing is bad company. They should not be allowed to keep any and every company as kids after all there is a distinction between us. Some of these poor kids are practically growing up on their own. Their mothers never even prepare a good meal and have their kid or kids sit and eat. Not always the Dads to blame. Its too late after the cow gets out the pen. Some of these children are affected by the companion that either the mother or father chooses. Parents should never ever put a lover before their own children as most of the time they are resentful about this. Parents please take control of your children, don’t wait until they are grown to try to change them. Sympathy to all although I don’t even know who they are but just feel their pain.
Use some of the money allocated to marketing, business travel, roads … and reallocate to training in social issues and prevention & transformation centers and general/continuing adult education
Or better still fund abortions so there a fewer low lifes in the coming decades.
WOW!!!!! You nailed it. An unwanted pregnancy will just become an unwanted child. If anyone is serious about crime… This is a serious comment.
The “wanted” pregnancies bother me far more than the unwanted. It’s the teeny bimbo who wants to have a baby by a gangsta because he can buy her bling and drive around in a sporty car, with no thought for the future of her child or even herself. These are the pregnancies that will cause us all the more harm.
Yes 9:59am; Cayman needs to legalize abortions, marijuana and gay rights.
sorry to say but let them kill themselves, no big miss, no big thing. Don’t know where or how they got the pic, but hw is playing bad man there!!!!!, well another one down.
Thug life????. Duhhhhh maybe not such a good idea. Never has a good ending. I feel bad for the family…but then maybe not so much. I’m sure they knew of his dealings in the “gang” .
Go to school, get a job, and stay the straight path. If not……pop goes the weasel!
Now the island will no doubt be subject to retaliation shootings. Thank god, more opportunity to get rid of more of the problem. Consider the shooting gallery open!! Let the shooting commence.
Mr. Eden ? Does this worry you ?
I’m very surprised that this is the first homicide in the Cayman Islands for the year 2016.
Now that it has happened, it certainly won’t be the last.
Keep the RCIPS helicopter topped up with fuel, they are going to need it !!
No one has any right to play God/jah(or whatever you believe) and decide when someone’s life comes to an end! Tit for tat does not solve anything except more moms burying their sons! These young people need a wake up call- see what a gun shot really does to the body- if one survives- a visit to the emergency room and see the blood and body parts-go visit the morgue – the smell. Maybe even one will “get it”! They also need mentors in the community starting at a young age.
Lastly- many more of this violence in the tourist district- kiss tourism goodbye!
“…and now sports ”
Hope his bredrins’ manage to scrape together enough dollars for the tacky RIP t-shirts in time for the funeral.
Wake up guys. The end result is always jail or the grave.
Ignorance begets ignorance; the cycle will continue.
The picture says it all. Live by the sword …
Such a pity . I understand that in addition to his many contributions to the betterment of society , he was on the brink of finding a cure for all the major diseases known to man.
I don’t think that is a sword, it looks like a block of Lego or possibly a gun.
I hope to God you are not a mother or father, the devil is reigning on this earth and you never where your son or daughter will end up.
Tit for tat.
All those cctv cameras and they cant figure it out. So tragic. Suspected murderer gunned down. Between the home invasions and gun crime the island is slowly becoming a dark and haunted place. Could be time for the RCIPS to start deploying some new tactics. Laziness and ignorance isnt working.
3.41pm Aren’t you being a bit hasty? I did not read anything stating that CCtv footage was unavailable.
3:41 where are you living USA? Serious crime is down and the police has been making major arrests.
Countries around us are recoding their 600 and 800 murder and we have one.
We are blessed and so are you for being able to live in paradise.
Right in the heart of the tourism sector, SMFH. Dog eating unna supper.
No better place to flip drugs and clip wings brav
Sad that Cayman has come to this. When the official justice system fails the justice of the streets takes over.
Live by the sword…. Die by the sword.
west bay gang muppetts…… tupac can’t save you now….
said it before….gangster culture needs to be eradicated…………
Educate that will eradicate
Yes, educate; but it is first and foremost the responsibility of parents to educate their offspring!
Thug life, hope these children are paying attention, eventually you meet someone who is faster on the draw. This isn’t Cowboys and Indians, that was make believe
He was acquitted because the witnesses refused to show up in court.
And the witness refused because he probably threatened their life!
There won’t be much sympathy for this one… just glad no innocent bystander was shot.
Seven mile shops by Nector nightclub. Why oh why is there not legislation to shut these premises.
Don’t see any independent MLA’s doing what they should be doing and that is making this country a better safer place instead of hanging outside the backside of one of there fellow useless MLA’s
all clubs should enforce a strict dress code
no sneakers
no caps
no shorts
no sleveless tops
no chains
Hanging outside the backside?
Who owns Nectar?
If there were no nightclubs, it would have happened at a restaurant, or in someone’s yard. Getting rid of nightclubs won’t do anything if we can’t get rid of the gangs.
It’s not the place it’s the people. It’s the peoples’ mentalities that need changing, fast!
We need a Cuban style system when it comes to juvenile delinquency/gangs, the situation is getting out of hand and I fear for Cayman 10-15 years from now. Any one caught with an illegal gun should be given a thirty year sentence first offense, second time around and its life, hell to human rights. This is getting serious and if nothing is done radically we are going to pay dearly…. Mark my words.
Scru those long, expensive prison sentences! Snuff ’em!
‘Hell to human rights’…. smh there is the problem with your country right there. No human rights.
Go to Cuba and observe the system for a few weeks, you will discover how well behaved and disciplined the youths are, probably the best in the world…. Yeah D, Cuba, they know how to deal with human rights the right way.
Ohh, the sweet smell of Communism; which these boys no nothing about.
Ummm, if he was a suspected gang member, why was he (or any other members) never arrested or charged with that offense?
Suspicion is one thing, proving it another. Look at his murder trial and point made.
Can you read?
No. Can you?
ummmm….Because no one would come forward….”SUSPECTED”….need proof, get it? They are killing each other for nothing, good, at least he waited until he was out of the club, and didn’t open fire IN the club, so other NORMAL folk, didn’t get hurt, but it’s just bad publicity for the island. What goes around…yeah you know da rest
Then the cops should have followed him around until they picked up for something .
Key word: “suspected”
So gather the evidence, interview others, seize cell phones, read texts, track networks and Internet posts and prosecute!
Murderer. Nothing “suspected” about it.
God Almighty I’ve seen some stupid comments in my time but 12.20 takes the biscuit, as his/her replies show. And a word of advice: don’t start with “Ummm” unless the point you’re trying to make is blindingly obvious as well as right. Yours was just ignorant. And wrong.
Dear CNS Readers,
We are all sick and tired of so many things in our communities that negatively impact us and our families. This senseless killing and acts of violence are major issues. It is our right to address some of the theses issues and try to contribute solutions. Each time we read the comments on CNS there is some negative comment thrown at the author or authors. In essence in order to agree or disagree we continue to post derogatory comments about each other. “Tit for Tat”. If we really value our fellow-resident we would come together and come up with meaningful recommendations on solutions to the problems. We are not leading by example and it is seen time and time again from some of the comments posted. Let us stay away from rivalry and embrace ideas and thoughts to assist with making our communities a safer place to live. Ultimately we are all affected by these violent acts. Have a good day all. let us pray for grieving families and for those who know something say something. The next victim could be your family member albeit even if they are innocent. finally let us pray that all Countries in the path of Matthew be spared the impact of what we experienced during Ivan.
Take it to the church mate.