Alexia King-Whyte

October 11, 2023
Taxi operator killed, mother hospitalised

Taxi operator Gregory Sutherland, otherwise called ‘Greg’ of Big Head Street in Greenvale Manchester was shot dead and his mother wounded on Tuesday night.

Reports are that the 36-year-old and five of his relatives, including three children were on their way home in his taxi at about 7:30 p.m, when two gunmen emerged from bushes and opened fire at the vehicle.

The mother of the deceased is currently hospitalised with bullet wounds but remains in stable condition. The other passengers escaped injury. The gunmen attacked the family a few metres away from their home in the Scott’s Town area in Greenvale.

“Two men jump out the bush and shot out the tires first, so Greg couldn’t drive off. Then them open fire on him in the driver’s seat. Him come out the car and all when him drop a ground them still a shoot him,” said an eyewitness.

The Manchester police have imposed a 48-hour curfew in the Greenvale community in response to the recent series of violence in the area.

The curfew will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening and is scheduled to end at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 13. The police say the recent spate of violence is attributable to interpersonal disputes between rival gangsters.

This incident is the fourth murder recorded in Manchester since the start of October.