“My son ain’t no thief, something definitely wrong here,” were the words of Lynburn Jackson whose son was shot dead by a farmer at Kara Kara, Linden on Saturday night.
Jackson told Stabroek News that he spoke to his son last week Monday and he had told him everything was going alright so it was a severe shock to learn that he was shot and killed.
The father said that his son had left home in March to go and work in the interior but changed his plans, seeking employment with a farmer at Linden instead. “He hasn’t come home since but was planning on coming [home] for his 18th birthday on Sunday,” Jackson stated.
He remarked that it was quite strange that this has happened since his son seemed to be having a very good relationship with his employer. The man disclosed that his wife would call his son on phone numbers he had given them and an elderly sounding person would answer the phone and talk to her very nicely before putting Eon on the phone. However they have been trying to make contact with the man since they learnt of their son’s death and have not been successful. Calls to a young woman their son said he was involved with at Linden were futile also.
He said that when he learnt of his son’s death he went to the La Grange Police Station on Monday where a friend of his confirmed that his son’s body was at the Wismar Hospital mortuary. “I haven’t gone to identify him cause I ain’t get the money yet.”
Jackson said that he has not received any word from the police concerning an investigation and is trying to acquire the cash to travel to Linden although the possibility of transporting his son’s body back home is very dim because he does not have the money.
He stated that his son who went to the L’ Aventure Secondary School was never involved in any problems with the police and did not have bad friends when he was at home. He admitted however that the situation could have changed with him being away from home.
Jackson is appealing to the authorities to carry out a proper investigation and to keep him abreast with the results and he is also asking for assistance from kindhearted persons to help with transporting his son’s body.
The 17-year-old Eon Jackson was shot in his chest around 9:30 on Saturday night. According to a police statement he was shot after he and an accomplice entered the house of a farmer and challenged him with a knife and cutlass when he returned home. The reports said that the two teens allegedly took a quantity of jewellery and a DVD player and were about to leave the house when the farmer returned. He armed himself with a gun and confronted them. A scuffle ensued and Eon was shot in his chest.
A subsequent statement from the police however stated that there are conflicting circumstances surrounding the incident and further investigations are to be carried out.
