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Teen Killed on His Birthday in Bolans Shooting

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Police Take Administrative Action as Investigation Continues into Kahleel Simon’s Death
Kahleel Simon

An 18-year-old boy is dead following a shooting incident in Bolans on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Kahleel Simon. Simon died on his birthday.

Details of the incident remain unclear, but community members claim Simon was being pursued when the tragedy occurred.

Reports from residents suggest that during the chase, he crashed into a yard and attempted to flee on foot when he was shot.

Eyewitnesses allege that as many as three rounds were fired.

Law enforcement officials have not yet released an official statement on the circumstances.

This story was first published by Antigua News on August 28, 2025: antigua.news/2025/08/28/teen-killed-on-his-birthday-in-bolans-shooting. © 2025 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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Comments (13)

  • Dw August 28, 2025, 8:50 AM

    Why dem shot di man 3 times
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    • Trend needs to change August 28, 2025, 5:06 PM

      The news said 3 rounds was fired not he got shot 3 times smfh
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  • Cleopatra August 28, 2025, 8:58 AM

    Lord have mercy on our youths. Too much violence. Too many guns. JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.
    Reply

  • Teacher for Life August 28, 2025, 9:13 AM

    What’s really going on? Who is behind all this BS? Old people being injured and robbed…young people being stabbed and shot? ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Its time to take back peace and safety Antigua – whatever it takes.
    Reply

  • Antigua Surf August 28, 2025, 9:38 AM

    You should have been enjoying your birthday to wake up this morning and think back on how fun it was. RIP same way tho
    Reply

  • Bernard August 28, 2025, 9:39 AM

    So sad to be reading this. On his 18th birthday he met with death
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  • AAB August 28, 2025, 9:52 AM

    I am NOT assuming……
    However, I would like to think that when any gun is to be used by Law Enforcement Officers in the line of DUTY, that the Officer in question would have been TRAINED in the use firearms in such a MANNER so as to ENSURE that A MORTAL Wound will NOT be inflicted on the person who is being Pursued…… (unless of course the Officer’s life is ALSO At RISK). We are currently awaiting Our Law Courts EFFORTS to hear the Case where 2 or 3 CHILDREN witness THEIR FATHER being Killed in a manner SIMILAR in description to what is being reported here in THIS News Article. Could THESE situations be avoided with PROPERLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS in the use of Fire Arms? Just asking …. Is JUSTICE ASLEEP 💤 in OUR NATION????
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  • Informed citizen August 28, 2025, 11:38 AM

    This senseless violence has to stop. Every week it’s another headline about shootings. What’s being done to keep our young people safe?
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    • Naomi August 28, 2025, 11:53 AM

      To die on your birthday is no easy thing.to die this way is very sad. Im sorry for his loss and his family loss
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  • Juju Bee August 28, 2025, 11:50 AM

    Hmmmm. It will be interesting to know why he was being pursued.
    But to die on your birthday is a whole new level or eree
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  • Shyanne August 28, 2025, 7:43 PM

    This is heartbreaking and unacceptable. An 18-year-old, just starting his life, should not end up dead on his own birthday. The system failed him, and now another family is left shattered
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  • Palmer August 28, 2025, 10:06 PM

    Bolands is mad today and deeply saddened and outraged by the violence leading to the death of Kahleel, highlighting the need for accountability and justice. Concerns are raised about the use of deadly force in situations where it should not be the first response. The tragedy has left a lasting trauma on the community, emphasizing that these incidents cannot be accepted as normal.
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  • CKH August 28, 2025, 11:05 PM

    Boy me nah go lie, me real frighten now. Police say dem suppose to protect we, but how dem protectin’ when man get shoot down pon eighteen birthday? Me feel like anytime me walk road, police go see me face and decide say me look suspicious, and just so bam me gone. Me cyah even chill wid me friends late night, cause inna me mind me keep askin’: who next? Me? One ah me bredren? We young, we poor, and we from de ghetto, so dem look pon we like problem. But we human too, we deserve fe live. If dem can do dat to Kahleel, wah stop dem from doin’ it to me? Me nah trust dem, me nah safe, me jus’ pray every day say me reach home alive.”
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