I want to know why

PHILLIS QUAMINA said she was not saddened by her daughter’s death, but by the way she died.

She went around hugging everyone and warning them, even the police officers, “don’t get wet, you will get sick.”
“She was always loving. We all have to die some day, but I want to know why they did this to her, why this way,” Quamina said.

Carla Quamina, 55, sister of magistrate Carl Quamina, was shot and killed last Saturday when the killer/s ran into her home while her son and some friends were liming. She became the target while she ran for cover. Carl was not at the funeral.
During the service at the St James the Just Anglican Church, in Sangre Grande, yesterday, Quamina’s sister Franka said losing a family member was never easy, and especially under such circumstances.

She said Quamina was always the life of the party and her favourite was the Toco Old Boys’ fete, for which she had already bought her outfit and was looking forward to.
Franka said Quamina’s five children were her pride and joy, but she also enjoyed her free time.
“She would not want us to be sad. Her mouth was her weapon, she would tell us to celebrate her life.”

She had one message for her sister’s killer/s. “I pray you seek God’s forgiveness, seek his mercy.”
Archdeacon of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Hollis Lynch, said circumstances such as this were unplanned, but reminds us to live one day at a time.

He said it was time to send a message to the Government that enough was enough when it came to crime.
“When you break the speed limit, you get a ticket. When you break the law, you are punished. You must pay for your crime, bring back hanging.”
Terry Rondon, chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation where Quamina worked as a labourer for the past six years, said it was his duty to look after the welfare of her family.