Gunshots rang out shortly before midnight on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through the Christianburg community, and some residents hastily left their beds to see what the fracas was all about, fearing the worst.It turned out that 20-year old Keron Fiedtkou had been shot in the buttocks; by 23-year-old Kellon Beckles called Toi Toi.The irate residents demonstrated in no uncertain manner, their abhorrence of criminal elements in the community,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, by administering a sound thrashing on Kellon Beckles.Beckles, who is infamous in the community, having been repeatedly accused of perpetrating criminal activities, was reportedly peeved that his alleged partner-in-crime, David Crossman, known as Horatio,Authentic NHL Jerseys, was earlier in the evening arrested by police, for snatching a young woman’s gold necklace.According to reports, the woman, 39-year old Pamela Kellman, of 32 Almstrom Alley, Christianburg, was on her way home from church when Crossman allegedly rode up on a bicycle, snatched her gold chain, and rode away.She told some residents about the incident and they subsequently gave chase, but the suspected bandit eluded them and made his way home.After learning that the suspect was at home, some angry residents turned up there looking for him, but were told by a relative that he was not there.The mother of the suspect reportedly then took him to the Wismar Police Station, where he was arrested.His friend Kellon Beckles, angered that Horatio had been taken into police custody, subsequently, “come fuh represent he friend”, residents reported. He was armed with a gun.“I get the first shot, which feel like a ants bite me pon me buttocks.This man come fuh represent he friend Horatio, after he hear that he get lock up. He come up to me and seh, ‘y’all feel y’all could violate me’, and he point the gun in me face, and I box it down and the gun fire off.Then he aim at Clydie and pull de trigger,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, but the gun just go dex, dex, then me cousin Teon, who come fuh see wha going on stop in he tracks and freeze, after he aim the gun at he belly,” Fiedtkou related.He said that although he was wounded he managed to rush at the shooter and after grabbing him around his body,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, lifted him into the air before slamming him to the ground.This caused the gun to fall from the shooter’s hand.“I tell he, ‘you go fuh kill me, well I gon kill you now’,’’ an angry Fiedtkou declared.Enraged residents, who by this time had converged on the scene, also proceeded to beat the man.He was however rescued by a police officer who was in the vicinity.Both Fiedtkou and Beckles were subsequently taken to the Wismar Police Station, and later the Mackenzie Hospital Complex, for medical attention.Fiedtkou received dressing for the gunshot wound and was sent home, while Beckles, who also received medical attention, was taken into police custody.The gun, a .38 snub nose revolver, which was handed over to the police, was used to commit several other crimes, according to reports.Both Crossman and Beckles allegedly belonged to a criminal gang that carried out several criminal activities in the Christianburg community recently.Only Wednesday, another gang member Clive Baird Jr. was sentenced to nine months imprisonment for stealing a ‘Bird’ phone valued $46,000,Wholesale Jerseys, property of Kyle Solomon of 28 D’Anjou Alley.Solomon reported that he was also threatened by Baird and Beckles, who said that they had a gun, when he confronted them about the phone.According to Solomon, Baird had gone to his business place and picked up the phone, while he was attending to other matters.He was apprehended the following day, while on his way to Georgetown.The phone was in his possession,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, and he was taken to the Mackenzie Police Station, where he was charged, and later the same day, taken to the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court, where he was found guilty, charged and sentenced.There have also been reports that several persons’ homes had been broken into recently and numerous items stolen, allegedly by the same gang of thieves.Residents declared emphatically that they will not be ‘putting up’ with these sorts of criminal activities any longer and are determined to flush out all criminal elements and their cronies from the community.