The fatal shooting of 21-year-old Cammeron Ifill early Monday has triggered a direct and emotional call for decisive action on gun violence, as his uncle appealed to Prime Minister Mia Mottley to confront the rising toll on families.

Ifill, of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, was shot dead while in a bedroom at Gall Hill, Christ Church, shortly after midnight.

Speaking at the family’s Black Rock home, Trevor Ifill called on the prime minister to make crime a priority, saying families were becoming increasingly burdened by the loss of loved ones.