Ice

ALTHOUGH THE Christmas season was a busy time for dancehall star David Alexander Smith, also known as Ice, he could not pass on a festive tradition - Christmas Day dinner with family.

"When him finish eat him sey, 'Thank yuh mi sister, a so full a cyaan move'," his sister Natalie told The Gleaner yesterday.

The following day, Natalie Smith got news that her older brother was killed by gunmen at the Pon Di Banks bar on Newark Avenue, off Waltham Park Road.

A statement from the Consta-bulary Commu-nication Net-work said the 37-year-old Smith died instantly. His attackers, the police reported, took the Mitsubishi Lancer car he was driving.

Yesterday, detective Hemford Wade of the Half-Way Tree Police Station said a team from the Hunts Bay police found the vehicle at Walkers Crescent in the Waltham Park area.

Car scrapped

It was partially scrapped, Wade said. No arrests have been made.

The last four months had been positive for Smith, a member of the colourful Black Roses crew.

His dance move, the Gully Creepa, was made famous in August by triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, who performed the dance during his victory celebrations at the Beijing Games.

When Bolt returned to the island, Ice performed the crouching move onstage in victory celebrations for the sprinter.

Smith is the third high-profile member of the Black Roses crew to be killed in seven years. Its founder William 'Willie Haggart' Moore was murdered at the crew's Lincoln Road base in April 2001 whereas Gerald 'Bogle' Levy, the crew's flamboyant lead dancer, was killed at a service station in January 2005.

That year, Smith was arrested and charged for shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm. The charges were dropped.

Natalie Smith said her brother had turned his life around, concentrating on dancing which he had been doing since he left Rousseau Primary School.

David Alexander Smith is survived by four sisters and nine children.