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Robbery victim and brother held for killing bandit

Apr 27, 2010 News

– teen is third family member to die violently

A computer technician and his brother remained in custody last night as police continue to probe the vigilante-style killing of 18-year-old robbery suspect, Simeon Lawrence.
The brothers were detained Sunday night shortly after Lawrence, called ‘Bub Bub’ was found dead in an alleyway near Roxanne Burnham Gardens.
Police have received reports that the Rasville resident was beaten to death after he and two other men had robbed computer technician Marvin Lyte at gunpoint of $16,000, a cell phone and a computer.
A source close to the investigation said that the two men may have vital information that may lead to the arrest of others.
Simeon Lawrence is the brother of Travis Parks, whom a security guard shot dead two years ago in Tiger Bay. Their father was also slain several years ago.
Michelle Parks, the slain youth’s mother, said that she last saw her son alive at around 20:00 hrs on Sunday at her home. The woman said that she went out and when she returned, she learned that he was not at home.
The woman said that she learned of her son’s death around 05:00 hrs yesterday. She said she visited the Lyken Funeral Parlour where she saw his body. According to Parks, the right side of his head appeared to have been bashed in.
According to reports, computer technician Marvin Lyte, of South Ruimveldt Gardens, was walking along David Rose Street at around 22:15hrs on Sunday when three men held him at gunpoint.
The three men relieved Lyte of a laptop computer, a cell phone and personal documents before fleeing.
Lyte raised an alarm and neighbours pursued the perpetrators. Two of the suspects managed to escape but the residents allegedly pursued Lawrence to Roxanne Burnham Gardens.
His pursuers allegedly cornered him in an alleyway where they beat him to death.
Police eventually arrived and took the suspect’s mud-smeared body to the Georgetown Hospital.
They said that an empty .38 revolver was recovered from the slain man.

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