"The police agreed with me he was not a criminal. When they traced him they found nothing," Jean claimed. The mother said her son was well provided for and she often met him at City Gate and gave him "something." "He told me last month that he could not pay his rent. I paid his rent and his cupboard was full with food," she added. She said she had moved O'Brien from Maraval to Tunapuna because he got shot several months ago in a drive-by shooting. "The bullet is still lodged in his liver. After that I move him out of that area. He was liming with friends when that happened," she added.