Cashier on $250,000 bail for allegedly shooting child in Agricola feud 

A 26-year-old Massy Supermarket cashier, who is accused of discharging a loaded firearm during a brazen attack that allegedly left a child wounded, was on Friday granted $250,000 bail.
Shyon Freeman of Brutus Street, Agricola, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where she pleaded not guilty to a charge alleging that on May 18, 2025, at Caesar Street, Agricola, she discharged a loaded firearm with intent to cause actual bodily harm to a child.
Her attorney, in a bail application, told the court that Freeman has no previous convictions and has been on station bail since 2025 without incident.
During the hearing, the prosecution objected to Freeman being granted bail, citing concerns for the safety of the virtual complainant and the witness, stating that the witness, who was the child’s mother, was shot at during the incident.
Acting Chief Magistrate McGusty questioned the prosecution on whether Freeman had made any threats, interfered with witnesses, or committed any acts of violence while on station bail since 2025. The prosecution was unable to point to any such reports.

As a result, the Magistrate ruled that, in the absence of evidence showing interference or threats and given the length of time Freeman had remained at liberty, bail was appropriate. Freeman was granted $250,000 bail and ordered to report to the Agricola Police Station on the last Wednesday of every month until the completion of the case. The matter was adjourned to February 20.
Although the charge read in court did not specify the age of the virtual complainant, relatives of the injured party have stated that he is 16 years old and was shot in the leg.
According to family members, the teen was asleep inside his aunt’s residence when a person allegedly fired several rounds through a bedroom window. They claim that after shots were discharged inside the house, the shooter fled the area.

Killings and retaliatory attacks
However, residents and relatives of the teen have linked the May 18 shooting to a long-running and violent feud between two families in Agricola, which has since spiralled into multiple killings and retaliatory attacks.
The feud came into sharp focus on June 10, 2025, when 28-year-old labourer Nicholas Narine, also known as “Biggs”, of Third Street, Agricola, was gunned down while working in an alleyway at Titus Street. Police have identified Rafael (Raphael) Bollers of Brutus Street, Agricola, as the suspect in Narine’s murder. Bollers is said to be the cousin of Freeman and remains wanted by the police.
Investigations also revealed that Narine and Bollers were known to each other and were friends before things turned sour because Freeman was arrested. Narine was shot multiple times, including a fatal wound to the heart. Weeks before Narine’s killing, relatives claim violence had already begun escalating.

Narine’s aunt, who owns the house the teen was shot at, according to residents, was allegedly confronted by Freeman over an alleged Facebook post just days before the teen’s shootings. They reportedly left the scene thinking the matter was resolved, but Freeman, who was allegedly identified “by how she walks”, allegedly was seen on camera returning to two of the family’s homes and riddling them with bullets, leaving the teenager who was asleep on his bed wounded.
They claimed that despite filing multiple police reports and submitting CCTV footage, Freeman was arrested and later placed on station bail. Relatives also alleged that bottles were hurled at the teen’s aunt’s home, and she was warned not to return to the village, forcing her to leave the community out of fear for her safety. Weeks after his teen cousin’s shooting, Narine was shot and killed by Rafael, Freeman’s cousin.
Following Narine’s killing, his brother, 22-year-old Keon Narine, was arrested for allegedly retaliating by shooting at the Brutus Street home of Gideon Bollers, the father of the wanted suspect, Rafael.
Police later recovered an AR-15 rifle and ammunition from Keon Narine’s home. He allegedly told detectives that he fired at the house because his brother was killed by Rafael Bollers and claimed the firearm belonged to his deceased brother. The violence continued weeks later with the killing of 33-year-old Romel Bollers, a shopkeeper and brother of Rafael, who was shot dead while tending to livestock at Titus Street, just a few lots away from where Nicolas Narine was earlier killed.
While Freeman’s attorney told the court that she has no previous convictions, court records show that Freeman previously appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts in 2017, when she was 17 years old, in an unrelated matter.
At that time, Freeman was remanded to prison after denying a charge of harbouring a wanted man, Melvor Jeffrey, also known as Marlon Jeffrey, who had escaped police custody following a shootout with law enforcement in Agricola.
The matter was heard before then Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, where Freeman and another woman were remanded to prison. Freeman was a minor at the time and was not convicted in that matter.