Less than a week later, the two men were charged formally and brought before the courts.

“On Thursday, November 30, 2023, Officers attached to the Major Crimes Unit preferred charges against twenty-four (24) year-old Shermack Tal for having committed the offenses of Murder and Attempted Murder. Twenty-one (21) year-old Giovanni Augustin was charged with Attempted Murder. They were escorted to court on Monday, December 4, 2023, where both were remanded in custody until Thursday, January 11, 2024,” the RSLPF announced.

Reports say the teenager was shot just after working hours on the first day of his new job on Commercial Street, Vieux Fort. Prescott’s family says his untimely death did not come as a surprise. According to them, young Markus was involved in gang activity.

“I not lying. I can say he was in a gang. It break my heart but I know he would die. I keep on telling him what he doing, they will kill him. Once I tell him that and he tell me he know,” his father, Mark Prescott revealed.

His father appealed to gang members to end their violent killings of each other. “It ain’t worth it. We are all black people together. Why we killing one another? For what? We are all Vieux Fortians together. Only God alone can put a stop to it.”

Reports indicated that Markus Prescott sustained gunshot injuries to his stomach and back on Commercial Street, Vieux Fort on Friday. Emergency personnel from the Vieux Fort Fire Station responded after learning of the incident at about 5:26 p.m. However, the victim exhibited no vital signs.