Sophia taxi driver gunned down near home

A 27-year-old taxi driver of Plum Park, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was shot and killed near his home on Tuesday night. Dead is Xavier Fraser, a father of two.
Police stated that preliminary investigations revealed that Fraser was in the community when he sustained gunshot injuries. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
During the same incident, a 19-year-old male, also of Plum Park, sustained gunshot wounds. He was admitted to GPHC and remains in a stable condition. Moments after the shooting, media operatives spoke with the dead man’s mother, Thelma Butters, who recounted the events leading up to the tragedy. “I was sleeping and around 10 O’clock [22:00h] I heard someone calling out. When I looked outside, my son’s friend said, ‘Your son get shot, he get shoot.’ I saw my son on his knees saying, ‘Ma, Ma,’” she recalled, revealing the last moments before he met his demise.

His mother said the individual who informed her about the shooting later transported Fraser to the hospital. “When I reached the hospital, the guy told me he was taking my son to buy a gun and that my son got shot. That is all I know,” she said. However, she dismissed that account, stating that she does not believe her son was involved in purchasing a firearm. “I don’t believe my son was going to buy a gun. I believe my son was set up and shot…so I am calling for a proper investigation by the police so we can know what really happened to my son,” she said.
Reflecting on Fraser’s life, the grieving mother described him as a loving and supportive individual. “He was jovial, he was loving and he had children. For the last six years, he stood by my side after I separated from my husband. He was a father to his children, a father figure to my children and a backbone to me. I never expected this,” she said. The injured man was transported to GPHC where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty. A 19-year-old male, also of Plum Park, who sustained gunshot injuries was admitted to the said hospital and remains in a stable condition. The body is presently at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination. The circumstances surrounding the incident are being actively investigated. CCTV footage is being reviewed as investigations continue.