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Three days after the murder of five-year-old Anika Guerra and her father, Enrico Guerra, a man who members of the community and by extension police allege may have had a hand in the hit on Guerra's life, spoke exclusively to TV6 Senior Multimedia Investigative Journalist and Producer, Mark Bassant.

Shumba James denies calling any hit on the life of Guerra and said despite his known status to the police, he was willing to help them find the perpetrators responsible for the double-murder.
Transcript
00:00I have never ordered no hit on Enrico like nothing like that and then no that too because
00:07What sense it make it for what?
00:09Shumba James a man with a criminal history and supposedly one of the most feared men in Moruga
00:15Distance himself from having any involvement in the killing of Enrico Guerra and his five-year-old daughter Anika
00:21The two were shot dead at Guerra's corner mart at Pui Junction in St.
00:25Mary's village Moruga on Tuesday night after a masked gunman chased him into his business place and shot him multiple times
00:32As well as his daughter
00:34James speaking in his first ever interview with the media didn't deny his criminal past or the fact that he was well known to the
00:40Police but said contrary to other media reports
00:43He never made an attempt to extort Guerra or his family guy would die
00:47I sure I never went by he or send somebody by he and tell he that he
00:55Have to pay money for what for what pay money for what it make no sense to me, right?
01:00But as I say again is a bacchanal and the bacchanal recorded with a certain TV show host
01:07Who is behind?
01:09And I will say it publicly because I have information
01:13In fact, James said his commoner wife Alana Duncan was one of the three people killed by police in Moruga in 2011
01:19Along with Abigail Johnson and Karen Eccles and the Guerra family had been a pillar of support for him and to this day
01:26He's grateful for their assistance in championing the call for justice
01:30Even though the police officers were later acquitted of the murder charges in 2023. What has done for me?
01:36I will say for me, right?
01:39It's something hold very close to my heart to what she
01:42To what she to what she I was something very close to my heart was she and never get opportunity to go on 30,000
01:49But today I would like to touch it down on it
01:53James said that he felt a target was on his back and the allegations of ordering the hit on Guerra
01:58But in the possible CCC TV footage is far from the truth. I never asked for no footage
02:05I don't anybody are wrong. We asked him if he have footage
02:09But I to say I went and asked you for food. I sent a message. I asked you for food. I never did that
02:16That would I show above he even denied allegations that he had been responsible for the death of his brother
02:22Omar Gill was shot dead in April this year along with Brandon Sinat not far from his home in Simon trees, Moruga
02:29It hurt me
02:31Right white hurt me cause it was rumored in the air
02:36Some say I did it
02:39Some and they said and I am quoting from what sources would have said now, of course
02:44You always have to verify information things will be said
02:48It can't be rely on one person, but they said quote-unquote
02:52That you all had a falling out over ak-47 a firearm
02:57You could clarify that and what others would have been saying and what you knew really happened
03:02Well, I can't say nothing on ak-47 called only ak-47. I know it might be in the book of some
03:08Right might be someone you might be sound five many in the underworld and the community have said that nothing is done without his say
03:16He denied that he was a hitman for hire or had an iron grip on the Moruga community
03:21Do you control this area? Is this your area? I can't I control this area. I cannot I control this area
03:28What I will try to do for this era is to always try to see where the writing has been done
03:34Example let me say I contract a cop in this area up here to do our work
03:38Adam might see one two people might be going and look for work
03:42Sometimes maybe a hundred person one look over the can hire a hundred person and they might want to hire twenty person and in that
03:47easy person making back and out
03:49sometime
03:51Sometime have been honest sometime
03:55Somebody may be show to me I say well how I could help you situation
03:59James said he's willing to help the gara family bring the real perpetrators of this crime to justice
04:03Once given the chance, even if it means he has to die in the process
04:07I will in the work to bring the prostitutor to justice
04:13And when I mean I will it'll work. I would like to see the commercial police in Minnesota
04:18National Security people in high authority to come and speak to me
04:22Meanwhile police say they are yet to ascertain a motive for garris killing and have not held any suspects
04:28mark Besant
04:29TV6 News
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