{"id":495,"date":"2017-07-26T17:28:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T17:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2017-07-26T17:28:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T17:28:34","slug":"sadam-killed-whitehouse-rejoices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SADAM\u2019 killed, Whitehouse rejoices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Michael Nattoo &#8211; Staff Reporter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Eyewitness accounts of the death of Westmoreland\u2019s Most Wanted<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The 96 rounds of ammunition, an UZI Sub-Machine gun, and a Glock pistol, are all that remain of the murderous life of Sadan \u2018Sadam\u2019 Mullings, the 25-year-old who, with just five more murders, would have averaged one person killed for every year he had been alive. <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">He was killed on Saturday, July 22, after he brazenly challenged the police in the now relieved community of Whitehouse, Westmoreland.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">In details released by the CCU, it was revealed that Mullings, who was wanted for up to 20 murders all over Western Jamaica, fired several shots into a Police Service Vehicle during what many are describing as an intense gun battle with the Police. During that incident, several alleged eyewitnesses who spoke to the <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Western Mirror<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">, revealed that the standoff between Mullings and the police saw \u201c\u2026 close to 500 bullets being fired.\u201d And, though Mullings managed to have a bullet lodged in the vest of one of the officers, he would not survive the concerted efforts of law enforcement and sustained multiple gunshot wounds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">He died on the spot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">When the <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Western Mirror<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> visited the community, several individuals claiming to be eyewitnesses, amidst their celebrations, did not hold back in expressing their account of the incident, as well as their joy that Mullings was finally removed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cMi seh a bout 500 gunshots dem buss mi boss,\u201d one resident said. \u201cWhen mi look, mi see a yute run from round di beach, and run off. A up a di square dem kill him sah,\u201d he added. The resident further revealed to the <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Western Mirror <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">that with Mullings being their parish\u2019s Most Wanted, he was excited to know that he would no longer be able to wreak havoc in the lives of members of the usually peaceful seaside community. \u201cWe are fishermen, that\u2019s the kind of people we are, we do not like criminals. Most days after finishing work, sometimes after 3 in the morning, we have to be unusually careful for fear that some of these criminals will rob us. To know that the Police took him down, we are happy,\u201d he related.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Though most residents are happy that the threat of Mullings has been removed, many expressed to the <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Western Mirror<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> that despite the progress, work was clearly not done. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cI feel very good about it man, very good,\u201d another resident expressed. \u201cBut we want to continue to keep the community clean. We are happy the Police were able to accomplish this,\u201d he relayed. He went on to explain that community members have generally done a good job of keeping the community\u2019s relatively crime-free image intact, and sent a message to other members to keep up the work they have been doing. \u201cI wanna tell all a di people dem fi just keep calm and keep the corruption outa the community, you know? It\u2019s going good already, we just need to keep it up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">One man, who was very vocal in his support of the actions of the Police, had this to say: \u201cDem fi dead man, dem fi dead. A so dem love run weh come a we place when things get hot,\u201d he explained, citing that his only regret was that more of his [Mullings] cronies were not with him at the time, so they could have been cut down too. \u201cAll a dem fi dead. I love it,\u201d he reasoned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">One woman, who was visibly ecstatic at the news, could not contain her joy as she spoke to the <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Western Mirror<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">. Through excitement and laughter, the woman, who claims to have been in the area when the police confronted Mullings, gave her account of things: \u201cYes man, I was here when it started but as soon as the bullets rang out, mi neva stick around. I was running and shouting because I wasn\u2019t sure what was happening.\u201d She expressed, however, that after moving to safety and learning what caused the ruckus, she couldn\u2019t be happier that it happened. \u201cWe don\u2019t tolerate criminals here, so anytime dem dead, the others should know that that is what will happen if they come here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The list of individuals who flocked to the <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Western Mirror<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> claiming to be eyewitnesses seemed to be without end, but one resident in particular felt that for a time, he thought the police were after him, and also revealed that earlier that day, he saw and interacted with Mullings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u201cWhen mi see the police dem a come, mi swear seh a mi dem did a come after, so mi hurry up and hide the spliff [weed] mi did a smoke,\u201d he explained, \u201conly fi see dem run pass mi and a go after di yute.\u201d He further revealed that earlier that day, he had seen Mullings sitting on the beach and had greeted him, not knowing who he was. \u201cTo how di man look, if him did ask mi fi 50 dollars, mi woulda give him. He looked like a simple yute, but it\u2019s good to know he was caught.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">In an incident during which the Police were attacked with a hand grenade earlier this year, investigations would later pinpoint Mullings as being responsible for that attack. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">With this most recent success, the Westmoreland Police are energized and are continuing their search for the other Wanted Men who have taken refuge in the parish, and are responsible for some 77 murders.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Nattoo &#8211; Staff Reporter Eyewitness accounts of the death of Westmoreland\u2019s Most Wanted The 96 rounds of ammunition, an UZI Sub-Machine gun, and a Glock pistol, are all that remain of the murderous life of Sadan \u2018Sadam\u2019 Mullings, the 25-year-old who, with just five more murders, would have averaged one person killed for every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18,73,30,29],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-crime","tag-eyewitness-accounts","tag-western-jamaica","tag-westmoreland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}