The defendant, Tyrone Messado, owned a tailor shop and had known Derek Brown (also known as Nathaniel Derek Isler) and Leroy Peart, fellow West Indians, for quite some time. On August 24, 1972, both Brown and Peart entered Messado's shop and Peart asked Messado for the money which he owed. The dispute among the three parties became rather heated, a gun was drawn, and after a struggle for control of the weapon, during which time the gun discharged several times, both Peart...
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