Well-known money changer Shawn Nurse, called “Fabulous,” who plies his trade on America Street Georgetown, was on Sunday morning shot dead by a man who attempted to rob him.
This shooting incident occurred at about 10:30hrs, while the 47-year-old Nurse, of Lot 33 Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt Georgetown, was reportedly sitting in a chair at the corner of Avenue of the Republic and America Street. He reportedly was approached by a man wearing a red hoody and brown pants, who whipped out a handgun from his waist and demanded that Nurse hand over his cash.
Nurse’s mother, Monica Deatrim
Nurse, who just two months ago had been robbed, refused to do as demanded, and the perpetrator shot him to his head.
The man then quickly escaped the crime scene as a large crowd gathered to inspect what had transpired.
This publication visited the scene of the crime and spoke with Monica Deatrim, the distraught mother of Nurse.
According to Deatrim, she was in the shower when a friend and her daughter-in-law’s mother visited and told her to put on her clothes. Fearing that something had happened to her daughter-in-law, the woman complied. En route to the scene of the crime, she was told that her son had been shot dead.
The devastated Deatrim relayed that her son had previously been robbed on December 9th 2017 by a man who later became known to him. The distraught woman revealed that Nurse had met with the man, and his mother had agreed to repay him the cash that was stolen.
“The same man that rob he rob somebody else of their detector. After he got to find out is the same person, he tell me that he glad if he get back his money, because he wanted to start back his hustle, and the bai mother had some arrangement to pay he back the money,” the woman explained.
She could not say if her son’s killing stemmed from that incident, but noted that he
The body of the dead man
had no other enemies. “He ain’t have no enemies! He was a good boy. Is only last night I saw him when he come by me, and I cook food for he,” the woman cried.
Nurse’s wife, his two daughters and son were inconsolable upon their arrival at the scene.
A large crowd gathered around the man’s body, and the song “How many more Jah” could be heard playing loudly.
A 9mm spent shell was recovered by Police, and a manhunt has been launched to bring the perpetrator to justice.
