Fashionable jerk rooster vendor Rodroy ‘Jerky’ Powell was allegedly chopped to demise on Wednesday in a dispute with a taxi operator over $100.
Taxi operator, Shadwayne ‘Waynie’ Ellis, 36, of Geneva district, Grange Hill, in Westmoreland, is now on the run and is being sought by the police. Powell, 54, who’s of a Farm Pen handle in Llandillo, Savanna-la-Mar, was described as a grasp at getting ready scrumptious jerk rooster by individuals who knew him nicely. He reportedly had a number of loyal clients from his Negril base, who would wait round for his or her street-side meal every afternoon.
“Jerky was a very good man, and Jah know seh it’s unhappy dat him lifeless over $100 when him is a person who give weh greater than $100 price a rooster day by day,” a taxi operator, who plies the Negril to Savanna-la-Mar route, informed THE WEEKEND STAR. “Yu se dis phrase dat dem name ‘diss’ (disrespect), dem fe ban it inna Jamaica as a result of it’s what’s inflicting all de issues, particularly fe de man dem with de huge ego.”
In response to experiences, Powell travelled within the taxi, which was being operated by Ellis, from Savanna-la-Mar to Negril. When he handed Ellis his fare after reaching the bus park, Ellis allegedly refused to offer again $100 in change, and an argument developed. Through the heated change, Powell reportedly pulled out the important thing from the ignition of Ellis’ automotive. Ellis reportedly rushed to his automotive trunk, from which he pulled out a machete, and used it to inflict chop wounds to Powell’s face and neck. Ellis then reportedly dropped the machete and fled the scene on foot. Officers from the close by Negril Police Station, who have been alerted by the commotion, rushed to the placement and assisted Powell to the Negril Fireplace Station, the place a paramedics staff labored feverishly to stabilise him. He was subsequently transported to the Savanna-la-Mar Public Common Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
The Westmoreland police have issued a press release, urging Ellis to show himself in. Different taxi operators in Negril are additionally urging him to give up in order that he can have his day in courtroom.
