Norman Grindley -Delroy Hewitt superintendent of Police in charge of the St Andrew South Division hugs a child during a visit to the Majesty Gardens community in the division yesterday. The community has seen an upsurge in violence in recent days.
A dispute between two families in a section of Majesty Gardens (more popularly known as Back To) in St Andrew reportedly over guns has left a number of persons homeless.Head of the Hunts Bay police, Superintendent Delroy Hewitt while in the community on Thursday admitted to THE STAR that the police will be having a hard time trying to put an end to the feud.

"This is a feud between two families over guns, it's a really difficult situation because they are blaming each other but nobody is giving statements," Superintendent Hewitt said.

Yesterday, scores of residents, majority of whom were women and little children lined the streets as the family which is now homeless vented their anger to each other, their feuding counterparts as well as the police.

ultimatum

The homeless and obviously disgruntled persons say they have been sleeping at the Hunts Bay Police Station since Monday night after they were given an ultimatum by an influential member of the community who told them to leave by 8:30 p.m. or die.

"When him seh dat people jus start run up and dung ... people all buck up cause everyone a try lef di place one time," a female resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said.

The feud they say was sparked recently after men from one family accused men from the other family of stealing two guns.

It is reported that the argument about the guns led to the murder of Mark Perkins, a resident who was gunned down in a section of the community on February 8.

The police say they are still investigating that case and are yet to make a breakthrough.

personal belongings

Being homeless nevertheless is just one of their issues, although the police are urging the family to move back into the community, they will be without a number of their personal belongings including beds, refrigerators, television sets, fans and even clothes.

"Since wi move out dem thief out wi tings dem weh wi lef in deh ... So even if we move in back we naw go have nuttin," another resident reasoned.

The police say they will be stepping up their presence in the community in an effort to hinder any upsurge in violence.