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POLICE RESERVE GUNNED DOWN s 4HREE KILLED IN SEPARATE SHOOTINGS ON &ATHER S $AY s YEAR OLD ALSO SHOT TO DEATH ON &RIDAY NIGHT By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THREE men were killed in two separate shootings on Father’s Day — including Reserve Inspector Lernex Williams, a devoted father of four—who was gunned down during an attempted armed robbery in broad daylight at the Palmdale Shopping Plaza. Shortly before noon, Williams was making a deposit
at a bank drop box when he was approached by a group of men. An exchange of gunfire followed, and both Williams and one of the suspects were pronounced dead at the scene. Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles told reporters on scence that police suspect up to four men fled in a small white Japanese vehicle. It is not yet confirmed whether the SEE PAGE TWO, THREE & FIVE
BEREAVED loved ones at the scene where a police reserve officer was shot dead along with one of his attackers as he tried to make a bank deposit at the RBC branch in Palmdale yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Father rings bell signalling survival in his fight against aggressive form of cancer By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net JUST days before Father’s Day, Sharvez Woodside stood in a cancer centre ringing the bell — a symbol of survival after months of aggressive treatment for a rare disease that almost killed him before he could meet his daughter.
The 24-year-old father of two had just completed chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer, a diagnosis so rare doctors told him it affects only one in 200 people; and so aggressive, they had to create a custom drug regimen to treat him. “It was unbelievable,” Mr Woodside said. “Never smoked vape a day in my life, but turns out I had lung
cancer.” His symptoms started subtly: swollen lymph nodes that led to visits with doctors in New Providence. But answers didn’t come until he travelled to the US and sought emergency care at the urging of a relative. “From there, I was sent to a hospital, and then I was
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SHARVEZ WOODSIDE