‘He Was My Eyes!’ Blind Father Mourns Teen’s Fatal Shooting

Antonius Tixcy and his son Melchizedek had big plans for Friday when the boy turned fourteen. But the planned celebration turned into mourning when the teenager sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head on Wednesday night. According to reports confirmed by family members, Melchizedek Tixcy was at his home in Blanchard, Desruisseaux, when some individuals came looking for an older sibling in his twenties who was no longer living there. Shots were fired at the home, and the Vieux Fort Comprehensive Secondary student sustained the fatal injury. The boy’s father told St. Lucia Times the family was struggling to cope with the tragedy. The father lost his sight eighteen years ago due to optic nerve inflammation and explained that ‘Mello’, as they affectionately called the youngster, was a great help. “He was my eyes,” Antonius Tixcy said of the deceased teenager. “He was everything. He was the one who used to walk me around, bring me into town, and bring me to Vieux Fort. As long as I called on him, he was always humble,” the father told St. Lucia Times. “I will surely miss him,” he said. Antonius, president of the Desruisseax Council for Persons with Disabilities, revealed...