3 gunned down

Yesterday, Le Platte Village was mourning the deaths while praying for the recovery of two women who were shot in the melee but survived. “One of the men who dead name is Le Platte and this is Le Platte Village, so you could imagine how the village taking this on,” a resident said.

“These were innocent men who did nothing to deserve that end.” According to reports, a black Nissan Tiida car pulled up in front of the group of limers and one of the occupants began firing with an automatic weapon.

As limers scattered, Letren and Critchlow fell in the yard while Le Platte ran a short distance before falling into a drain. Dayna Le Platte and Dominique Le Platte were also shot.

Le Platte and Letren were taken to hospital but died a short while later. Critchlow died at the scene. The bodies were removed to the Forensic Science Centre in St James where autopsies were done yesterday. The women who were shot, were taken to hospital where they were treated and warded in stable condition.

Janelle Lovell told Newsday she was the last person to have interacted with her brother Le Platte before he died in hospital. “He was lying there and it did not seem like he was responding,” Lovell said. “I tickled his foot and squeezed it and told him if he could hear me, that we were all praying for him. After I said that, he flexed his toes almost as if he was responding to me. Not long after...he died,” Lovell said.

Lovell said her brother was a loving and helpful person, who worked for a number of years at the Diego Martin Regional Corporation.

“Even though he did not know you, he would do his best to help you if he can. He was a sweetbread. My brother don’t be on nobody (sic). I don’t even know what could have caused this. I don’t even know how I will tell my children that he is dead.

Just last week he was telling them that he would visit them during the Easter holiday.” Newsday was told that Le Platte was a father of two. Police, along with relatives, are still trying to find a motive behind the triple murder. For the year so far, 127 murders have been committed for the year up to press trace.