
Victim: Jason Mello, 25.
Date and location of murder: August 19, 2016, Bandroom Lane, Pembroke.
Circumstances: Mr Mello was believed to be home from school in England over the summer holidays, hoping to earn some money towards his tuition costs.
He was the father of a six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter.
Mr Mello was struck by several gunshots at 7.40pm on Bandroom Lane.
The gunman was believed to have arrived on a motorcycle, dressed in heavy, dark-coloured winter clothing, and parked higher up on the road.
He approached Mr Mello and opened fire, retreated to the vehicle, and escaped through St Monica’s Road.
Mr Mello was taken to the hospital in a car, but pronounced dead.
The attack came just 72 hours after a shooting at Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club.
The Progressive Labour Party, then in Opposition, branded the island’s resurgent gun violence “a national crisis”.
