Yesterday we told you about the murder of 45-year-old Lynroy Longsworth. It happened at around 4:00 pm when the "Dalla Van" taxi man was dropping off a passenger at the corner of Periwinkle and Mahogany streets. That's when a gunman pounced and shot him multiple times to the head.
It's a brutal broad daylight shooting that's left the victim's loved ones in shock. This afternoon his sister, who chose to appear off camera, told us that while allegations of a gang related execution form a consistent narrative. she only ever knew Lynroy as hardworking, loving, and kind.
Voice of Lynroy Longsworth - Family Member "When I got the news, I got the news from a family member. When I got the news, it was shocking to me, everybody should know him, he was dalla van man for years, so I guess everybody know him as a dalla van man. I don't know him as any gang member, I know him as a loving person, he was such a loving person to everyone, to his daughter, to the entire family, I don't know him out there to be a gang member, so I don't know what to say about that."
Cherisse Halsall "Now your brother and his girlfriend were caught in a drug bust last year. Do you or anyone in the family feel that his retaliation for them getting caught with all that product?"
Voice of Lynroy Longsworth "No, I don't know what to say about that, I don't know, honestly I don't."
