Police Press Release on Death of 16-Year-Old

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Tafari Joseph of Villa.

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ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM)

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Police Probe Death of 16-Year-Old

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Thursday, 17 July 2025

Antigua and Barbuda police are continuing investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 16-year-old Tafari Joseph of Villa.

Joseph was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre around 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, with an apparent gunshot wound to the left side of his chest.

He was later pronounced dead by a medical doctor.

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The police are appealing to anyone with information that may assist in the investigation to contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913 or call Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS (8477).

All calls will be handled with strict confidentiality.

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  1. Naaa ! My warmest condolences to the family, bad parenting , bad role models it’s time we placed it where it belongs. Train up a child in the way he should grow and when he is old enough he would no depart from it. It’s time legislation be passed and lock up these bad parents take their children from them place them in foster homes let’s invest in their rehabilitation early if you are a bad parent and has children you can’t manage take them away because they will take the wrong path and cross the line of the law let’s make policy on this drastic enforcement must be discussed we are loosing our youth to crime. Guns and violence and MR PM I love you but we got to go back and revisit the cannabis decriminalization act that is causing the abuse of marijauna by our youth who are presenting with cannabis induce psychotic disorders please Mr PM something has to be done to save them from themselves

  2. Was he involved in the robbery or was he just hanging out? Cause people are committing like he was the one doing the robbery

  3. WHAT THE HELL…! …STRATCOM’S BOREDOM AND BARENESS…?
    ***
    MESSAGE IN SONG:

    ONE CALYPSONIAN, SINGS:

    “…BITE THE BULLET.

    ***

    ANOTHER FRIEND SINGS:

    ‘…AH THROWING GAS ON THE FIRE.’

    ***
    STILL, ANOTHER SINGS:

    ‘…BANG DEM…. (whatever-my artist friend- ‘…Wily-Wawa)

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    NOW:

    FROM A FORMER ‘…CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR: …CLUES PROVIDED ‘…ONLY FOR STRATCOM.’

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    THAT WHICH ‘…STRATCOM’ APPEARS UNINFORMED OF, MIGHT BE THESE:

    (i) ‘…NO SHOOTING OCCURRED IN VILLA:

    (ii) …FALSE REPORTING: ‘…PUBLIC MISCHIEF.’

    (iii) …ATTEMPT AT ‘…DEFEATING THE ENDS OF JUSTICE.’

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    CLEARLY, ‘…STRATCOM’ SEEMS GOOD WITH ‘…BOREDOM AND BARENESS.’

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    CONFIDENCE AND TRUST:

    FROM A PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE, THAT WHICH HAS BEEN REPOSED IN THIS COMMENTER: are

    (a) ‘…CONFIDENCE: and

    (b) …CITIZEN’s TRUST.’

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    APPROACH TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS:

    THOSE SO ASSIGNED MAY UNEARTH EVIDENCE: that

    (i) ‘…THE DECEASED CAME TO HIS DEMISE AT ‘…ST. JOHNSTON VILLAGE:

    (ii) …THAT A SUPERMARKET WAS ROBBED BY MASKED ARMED ROBBERS:

    (iii) …THAT A ‘…GOOD SAMARITAN (With Military Training) discharged:

    (iv) …A SINGLE BULLET:

    (v) …HITTING THE ALLEGED ROBBER IN THE CHEST:

    (vi) …WHEN ROBBER FELL: with

    (a) ‘…FIREARM: and

    (b) …SOME EC$3,000 TO EC$5,000:’

    (vii) …ACCOMPLICES REPORTEDLY: grabbed

    (c) …GUN:

    (d), MONEY: and

    (e) …DECEASED:

    (viii) …PLACED THEM IN THE ‘…GET-AWAY MOTOR CAR: and

    (ix) …SPED AWAY FROM ‘…ACTUAL CRIME SCENE: then

    (x) …REPORTEDLY RAISED COMMUNITY ALARM OF A: ‘…DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.’

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    (xi) …AFTER WHICH RUSHED ‘…DECEASED’ TO THE HOSPITAL.’

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    WHAT THE HELL…!

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    BEEN THERE: …DONE THAT:

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  4. Oh. Well. As much as i am glad and think both should be dead. I will not be blaming the parents. Some times parents at work etc,etc,etc. But. Well done to the shop owner. Next time kill both.

  5. mommy you be strong and get ready for the funeral and also speak to his friends because if i see them fishing around anywhere near my place its on.

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