MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Local law enforcement authorities have initiated intensified security protocols across multiple communities following a violent surge that claimed four lives and left two individuals wounded within a 48-hour timeframe. The consecutive incidents have triggered urgent police intervention to prevent further casualties.
Superintendent Carey Duncan, commanding officer of the Manchester Police Division, announced the implementation of targeted security strategies during a December 24 walk-through assessment in the Green Street vicinity near Cedar Grove. “Special measures will be deployed within this particular space to ensure community safety,” Duncan informed journalists, emphasizing the necessity of proactive interventions to preserve lives.
The security enhancement focuses primarily on the Green Street corridor and surrounding districts including May Day and Barnstable, areas identified through police intelligence as potential locations for additional violence. “It cannot be business as usual in these communities,” Superintendent Duncan stated. “Our intelligence indicates possible further impacts on residents, requiring exceptionally proactive measures.”
The violence commenced Monday morning with the discovery of 41-year-old maintenance worker Everol Richards’ bullet-riddled body on Haul Road in Brokenhurst. Later that evening, May Day residents Chester Smith and Nicholas Tomlinson were fatally shot at a Manchester Road bar establishment.
The most recent tragedy occurred Tuesday evening when 31-year-old businessman Jomo Trowers, locally known as “Not Nice” or “Jemini,” was executed by gunfire at his commercial establishment. Two other men, aged 23 and 49, sustained gunshot wounds during the same incident.
Green Street residents expressed profound distress during the police assessment, with one woman exclaiming, “We’ve gone to the dogs!” A Cedar Grove resident advocated for stricter community access controls, stating: “We must cease accepting unfamiliar individuals into our community and refrain from indiscriminate familiarity. Protective exclusionary measures become necessary… Trowers was a youth attempting positive transformation.”
The resident further noted the tragic irony that Trowers’ business had evolved into a popular community gathering spot, adding: “This incident could have encompassed anyone present. He was fundamentally an innocent person caught in this violence.”
Police detectives continued evidence collection activities at the Cedar Grove crime scene throughout Wednesday, while supervisory personnel including Operations Officer Deputy Superintendent Luhas Daniels, Inspector Valdin Amos, and Inspector Romaine Brooks participated in the community security evaluation.