Yesterday's robbery and murder of two Allied Security Limited officers has left many members of the public in shock, even as a third officer is said to be in critical condition.
While the public who witnessed the incident or have seen the footage online try to make sense of it, those close to the victims—Jeffrey Peters and Jerry Stuart—also are dealing with the loss of their loved ones.
Many expressed their feelings online.
"Royal Princess" (an online sobriquet), who claims to be a cousin to Jerry Stuart, described him as a "darling", and someone who was down to earth and hardworking.
"I can't say nothing bad about him... I'm out of words. I don't know what to say again," she added.
Jerry Stuart.
Guardian Media understands that all three officers had over a decade of service with the company. Even though they would have been trained to handle situations involving armed robbery, yesterday's attack would have caught any officer off guard.
Guardian Media understands that two batches of security officers completed a firearms training refresher within the last two weeks.
Fellow colleague Ryan Moses wrote, "This reallllllllllll hurts so deep right now that I can't even explain or how to grieve towards this news."
"Let's put up this candle in remembrance of our fallen comrades… 2 beautiful souls got robbed in the wink of an eye. SIP," Tricia NG wrote.
Constable at Allied Security Limited, George Williams said, "Somebody wake me from this nightmare.”
He said the bandits could have just taken the money as that could be replaced but not lives.
In a release, Allied Security said Monday's traumatic killing of two veteran security officers and the wounding of another has left their work-family shattered.
