Shooter remains critical, two youths undergo surgery

Sep 26, 2009 News

Jermaine Langevine –Critical

Dwayne Wharton- Underwent Surgery

Four days after the gun brawl at the National Gymnasium, Jermaine Langevine, remains critical, while two of the youths shot underwent surgery.
Dwayne Wharton, 17, and Terrence Edwards, 15, underwent surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital to remove bullets from their left foot and buttock respectively. Jamel Thomas, 17, who was also shot, was discharged from hospital with the bullet still lodged in his chest. Doctors did not perform surgery due to swelling around the wound.
Jermaine Langevine remains a patient at a private hospital in a critical condition under police guard.
His brother, Jason, and Oriley Small remain patients at the said hospital as well. It was last Tuesday night at the Gymnasium that a fight erupted over a bet on a football match. According to information, a bet was made between Jermaine Langevine and Oriley Small, that should Vibert Weekes score during the football match, Small and Weekes would have gotten the $100,000 that was the bet.
The situation turned ugly after Weekes was sent off in the latter part of the second half without scoring a goal. Weekes then approached Jermaine and asked for the cash to be refunded, however, this was denied by Langevine. This prompted a fight and the subsequent shooting that left four teenagers and an adult nursing gunshot wounds.
Jermaine Langevine and his brother Jason were later cornered and beaten by a gang said to be affiliated to Vibert Weekes.