By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a series of murders in the nation’s capital.
One of these deaths include Lakeithra Stubbs, the 27-year-old woman caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting last month as she stood outside on her mother’s porch.
Machino McKenzie, 21, faced Magistrate Samuel McKinney on three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
According to police reports, the accused was involved in a drive-by shooting in a Japanese vehicle that resulted in the deaths of Andrew Burrows and Lakeithra Stubbs around 7pm on October 30 on Lightbourne Avenue.
Two other people, Rickara Collie and Johnny Severe, were also injured in this incident involving a high-powered weapon.
At the time of his death Burrows was on bail, after being accused of the 2018 murder of Craig Smith.
McKenzie is further alleged to have caused the death of Averyon Duncanson on November 12 in New Providence.
He was not required to enter a plea in court and was informed that his matter would be fast tracked to the Supreme Court by a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
The accused was also told that as the magistrate did not have the jurisdiction to grant him bail he had the right to apply for it through the higher court.
Until bail is granted, McKenzie will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
McKenzie’s VBI is set for service on February 2, 2023.
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