A ST MICHAEL Family and the Royal Barbados Police Force are mourning the loss of a relative and colleague who was discovered dead at his home yesterday morning.
Sergeant 196 David “Bolo” Young, 38, of Factory Avenue, Wildey, St Michael, was found lifeless in his bedroom by his mother.
At his home where family and friends were gathered, his parents were being comforted as they struggled to cope with the death of their only child, particularly his mother, whose wails could be heard a distance away as his body was being taken away.
She was too distraught to talk about her loved one.
However, speaking on behalf of the family, Young’s cousin Kerry Layne said the family was shocked as he had no known illness.
She recalled that the lawman, who spent more than ten years in the force, was last assigned to the Special Services Unit. According to her, when Young joined the constabulary he adopted a professional approach to life which she admired.
“My aunt said she was shouting his name to find out if he had to go to work today. I guess because he would have come in late last night and she wanted to find out what time he had to go to work because she had finished cook.
“She realized she wasn’t hearing him snoring or something. She went in and felt his hand and realized that it was cold . . . . That is how she knew,” said Layne.
“He loved and respected his parents. He loved his mother,” she added.
Meanwhile, Young’s friend, Sergeant Carlos Thompson, said his colleague was a conservative person as a student of Queen’s College and took that trait into his job.
He said Young, who was a member of the Barbados Rifle and Pistol Federation, loved shooting and often visited the range where he instructed.
Meanwhile, neighbourhood friend Wade Quintyne said Young was a good person who was very cool and quiet.
“Since we done school . . . he went straight and join the police force. When I heard about his death I was shocked; all of us in the area were shocked. We know him for years. Just cannot believe it,” said Quintyne.
Only last Friday night, the force lost well-known crime-fighter Inspector Anderson Bowen after he had been hospitalised with a heart-related condition.