NASSAU- A man who was released from prison last year was fatally shot early Tuesday morning.
Armando Sargent’s life came to a violent end when he was shot dead at the juncture of Beatrice Avenue and the Charles Saunders Highway after 12am.
His death comes seven months after he was acquitted on appeal of manslaughter, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and attempted armed robbery.
Those convictions stemmed from the November 11, 2015 murder of popular elementary school teacher Joyelle McIntosh, who was shot as she swerved to avoid a man who was lying in her car’s path as she drove along Parkgate Road.
McIntosh’s car crashed into a wall and she died on the scene. A gunman fired a shot at her then-13-year-old son as he ran from the car.
On the prosecution’s case, Makavelli Tinker, then 17, was the shooter. They alleged that Sargent was the lookout and Johnny Mackey was the decoy.
The Court of Appeal on December 22, 2021 quashed the convictions of Mackey and Sargent on the basis that there was no evidence that they knew Tinker was armed with a gun. The Court did not order a retrial.
Tinker’s conviction was overturned as well; however, he’s on bail awaiting a retrial for murder, attempted murder, and attempted armed robbery.
For his part, Mackey was convicted of robbery and sentenced to one year in prison in March 2022.
Looka schoolie dred jah know.. idk why you had to go down that road but never the less I hope ya soul find peace with jah..only jah could have mercy on you despite what u n the other ones did to that woman.