Macka Diamond's former booking agent and publicist Ray Alexander says an attempt was made on his life on Tuesday night and he believes only one person could be responsible.

The incident took place at his home in Bridgeport, St. Catherine. "At around quarter to nine I was in one section of the house doing some work and my girlfriend was in the main bedroom, which is like a car length from the gate," Alexander recalls.

"Upon hearing two explosions, she jumped off the bed and went on the ground and I got up wondering what was going on. When I went outside, my neighbours had already gathered at my gate and they said a bwoy just fired two shots into my house an' ran off," Alexander told The STAR.

He continued, "I then saw one bullet impression on the wall and a bullet hole that went through the window and lodged in the closet. As soon as I figured out what was happening, I called the Bridgeport police."

Alexander says, "I have been in this business for 13 years and I don't have any enemies. But when the incident happened, only one person came to mind and I gave that name to the police because they asked me if I have any conflict with anybody and I said no, but there is only one person I can think about."

Since the incident, Ray Alexander says he received another death threat at around 10:55 a.m. yesterday from someone calling from a private number.

"It was a male voice stating that if I keep calling up Macka's name about the shooting, dem a guh come kill me an my family. And I said I haven't called any names, all I did was make a report to the police," Alexander said.

The former booking agent and publicist for Macka Diamond severed ties with the artiste over one month ago.

Upset


Macka Diamond was, however, upset about the rumours that she had something to do with the shooting.

"Suh why my name a call? A hear mi a hear all these things ... the way how me respec Ray, all now wi nuh argue. But this is taking it to another level. How me drop in? Mi hurt - mi nuh understand this? I don't have nutt'n against Ray, all now me an Ray nuh talk, not even pon di phone. At the end of the day, I don't have nutt'n against Ray," Macka told The STAR.

She continued, "Wi nuh have no big problem fi it reach to shooting. Why him a think bout me whe not even like argue. How me coulda waan tek Ray life? A nuh like mi a suffer or anything ... mi stay weh from di negativity. Even mi guh a one studio one day an mi hear dem wid di mix up bout when wi split an' mi don't guh back a di studio.

"It come in like me a di female version to Beenie Man yah now," Macka Diamond said in reference to Beenie's recent spate of personal and legal problems.

When contacted, Detective Coleman from the Bridgeport Police Station, where the incident was reported, said, "We haven't got anything more on the incident as yet, but he (Ray Alexander) did give the name of one person that he suspected.

"But we cannot question that person because they did not actually issue a threat to him. But he (Ray Alexander) later received a phone call with a death threat and we have a description on the voice, so we are following that right now," Detective Coleman said.