Linden rattled by woman's murder

Linden rattled by woman’s murder

Apr 06, 2015 News

Relatives of 45-year old businesswoman Chivon Gordon are desperately hoping that the police will quickly apprehend her killers and bring some consolation to the mining community of Linden.
The Block 22 businesswoman was reportedly shot after she resisted two bandits who had accosted her after she stepped out of her truck on Saturday night. They subsequently took away a bag containing money.
Her 23-year-old son Devon was shot to the right leg after he ran to her rescue.
He is currently a patient at the Linden Hospital Complex.

Chivon Gordon

Elon Gordon, the woman’s husband, said that his wife had just returned from selling beverages when she was attacked by the bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun, a stone’s throw from their residence.
Gordon, during an interview with this newspaper yesterday said, “My wife was returning home, with the driver, who usually takes her out in the mornings and then bring her back in the evenings. They had returned about six thirty, but they would normally go up the road, then turn back to park, because the larger truck was in the place where they would usually park,” he said
“I was fixing the other truck, when I hear me son shout like three times, so I realized it had to be something serious. So I left what I was doing and was making my way towards where they were when I heard a shot, then I see me wife fall. At the same time, my son tried to apprehend the guy but they run, and we keep running behind them, and all the while they firing shots.”
He explained that when his son told him that he was shot, he told him to relax and he continued to pursue the gunmen to see if he could recognize any of them.
However his efforts were futile, since the place was already dark.
“I couldn’t see their faces but I know is young fellas under twenty,” Elon Gordon said.
Chivon Gordon was later rushed to the Linden Hospital complex, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Elon Gordon said that he had been married to Chivon Gordon for 23 years and together they had managed their beverage business for about 20 years.
He noted that it was the second time that bandits had robbed them, out of four attempts over the years.
“This is the second time that they get through, because the other times we put up strong resistance, and so they went away empty handed. But I never expected this, is a complete shock to me.”
Patrick Gordon the eldest of the Gordon’s six children exclaimed, “They didn’t have to shoot my mother. They already had the money. Why they had to shoot her?” he complained bitterly.
The young man said that he was in Georgetown when he got the phone call from his brother who had been shot.
“I immediately travelled to Linden, only to see my mother lying dead at the hospital,” the distraught young man declared.
His father Elon Gordon is appealing for more lights to be installed in the area, as he said that the spot where his wife was shot was quite dark, even though it was just after six.
The distraught husband opined that roadblocks should have been set up by the police in order to apprehend the bandits, who he claimed could have escaped to Georgetown or Mabura.
“All they (police) did was come and question us and retrieve some spent shells.”
He is also calling for more police patrols around the community.
Recently there has been an upsurge in criminal activity in the mining town, with some bandits robbing persons.