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Doctors say 28-year-old Ernest Billary has a slim chance of survival after he was shot multiple times last night, just after 8:00.
Billary, a construction worker, was at his riverside home on M and Y Street in the Lake Independence area when he was assaulted by a gunman who reportedly pulled up on boat to kill him. His neighbor, and close friend, believes that he was targeted as a former resident of an area controlled by one gang, who moved into an area controlled by its rival.
The neighbor chose to remain anonymous, but stated that while Billary tried to stay out of trouble, his past life of crime may have come back to haunt him.
Voice of: Neighbor/Friend
"I was in the bathroom when I heard the shots, you know, and I remember my son and Ernest was outside when I last left outside so I hollered for my son, you know, but I got no answer so I keep on hollering. Nobody answer so I run out ah my house and when I run out ah my house and I come outside, I found Ernest leaning up against the step of my son house, you know. And he told me, I got shot I got shot, in my foot and my hand. And when I look at his belly area, he was shot there too. I seh, weh happen, I the ask ah weh happen."
"While we were waiting for them to put him in the vehicle to take him, ih seh, "Dah the noise I heard around the house, that's why I came outside, because I was already in bed." Ih seh, "I heard the noise around the house and I came out and I checked the yard to see who was outside." Ih seh, "And the person just ambush me." But in the nighttime back here is dark so you can't see, you know."
"Couple weeks ago he told me that how a certain person came up to him, and tell him ih deh ina the wrong area. Ih seh you're in the wrong area, you no business back ya, you know. That dah what he told me. And I said Ernest you need fi go back dah front, cause you no need no problem."
Other neighbors say they heard the boat's engine, and a barrage of bullets.
