Family members of 25-year-old Ronald Rudder of 1st Avenue, Gills Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael are in shock over his sudden passing.
Around 5:15 p.m. on Friday, the father-to-be was sitting alone at a house located at Ridgeway, The Pine, St Michael when several gunshots were heard.
Rudder’s body was discovered lying on the road after the shooting.
When a Barbados TODAY team visited Rudder’s father, Jeffrey Codrington this morning, he was struggling to compose himself. Codrington was surrounded by family, friends and neighbours who stopped by his Deacon’s, St Michael home to offer their condolences.
Rudder, Codrington’s second child, would have been a new father in March.
Codrington recalled that his last conversation with the St Leonard’s School past student happened hours before his death. He said it was filled with their usual friendly banter, and he didn’t expect it would have been the last call he had with his son.
“It is very hurtful. . . he was a very cool fellow,” said the father of three while being supported by his daughter Khadeesha Rudder.
Codrington noted that his son was around bad company but he never sought out trouble with others. In May 2016, police issued a wanted notice for Rudder in connection with “serious criminal matters”.
“There is nothing bad I can say about him, he never get in anybody way nothing so. It just unfortunate it happen,” said Codrington.
“It real hard, we didn’t expect that yesterday but that is the news we got,” he said.
Rudder’s sister Kadeesha said she was shaken by the news of his murder. She was home when her mother broke the news to her.
“I was in shock because just so my brother just gone. You would never hear him involved in no trouble,” she said.
When Barbados TODAY contacted Rudder’s mother, Sofia Rudder, she was too distraught to give a comment. However, she described her son as “a good person” who was loving and kind.
Rudder’s tragic death marks the island’s second homicide for the year, leaving his family in shock over his sudden passing. (KK)
Sad
At the time he rolled with the wrong company and it caught up with him he see something he ain’t supposed to see or do something he ain’t supposed to do simple
My condolences to the family. May he R.I.P
Come on dad. Did he or didn’t he.
Really now… birds of feather fly together …
How it is soon these young men get kill them was good boys …
Why would a good fellow be keeping company with bad fellows? One bad potato can spoil a whole bag and it smells real bad too. On Wednesday I bought some potatoes but in putting away groceries forgot the potatoes in a bag. Today I noticed a tied plastic bag and on opening it a smell greeted me, inside was one rotting potato, some of the other potatoes were wet with the moisture coming from that one potato. A bad potato can cause a whole bag to spoil so I don’t know why a really good fellow would want to hang out with bad fellows.
25 years??????
So if his father no he rolling with bad company he should of tell him sein but as soon as these fellas get kill there does be good fellows joke there does no full well what there getting in too.
Which choir did the father say his son sang in again, I missed it.
Frankly, I hope all these bad boys have speedy appointments with fate, and this includes the motorcycle terrorists who illegally roam our streets doing wheelies, and show blatant disrespect, or regard for people and the law. Politics aside, all Barbadian citizens should be informers as to where lawmen can find these criminals, who have to sleep sometime, and somewhere. Purge Barbados of these thugs, and leave us law abiding citizens here, to combat the stench of dirty Harry Turnover and lying no shame Carl Harper, another kind of criminal in his own category.
He was not a bad boy, he just hung out with bad boys.
RIP young dude. Condolences to your family. My heart hurts for your queen and your baby.
Condolences go out to the bereaved family members .
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My condolences
This country so
Small. I fell in love with all the people. I have lived & lost my entire family from same tragedy. When you all gonna realize you all taking out your pain by hurting your own people you only killing yourselves.
It is amazing how the families of these men associated with criminal behaviour are able to burst out from their hiding places to try and garnish sympathy by hoodwinking the public into believing that their deceased sons were good, innocent, upstanding, citizens. Is this rhetorical behaviour because these families now come to realise that their living on the proceeds of crime has finally come to its end. He could not have been a good boy; simple!
My sympathetic to the family
Some of these men and women need to stop yelling out vile comments when certain people pass the street. It is so aggravating to hear limers yelling out disrespectful comments , they only do it to the women. The men they give a pass. I think young boys from small learn how to disrespect a woman.
Bad or good he is somebody child condolences to this young man family may his soul rest in peace
@Nancy – Majority of black people is very ignorant. From the smallest to the greatest.
Sincere condolences to his family and friends!
@ Nanci, I agree with you; however, this type of abusive behaviour stems from the fact that these lowlife men grow up witnessing their mothers allowing themselves to be abuse in many ways by fly by night useless men. As women we must love, and respect ourselves, and never share our lives with these type of disgusting, and disturbed men.
So the 1st and 2nd murders of the year are both St Leonard’s ex-students 24 and 25 years old and die less than a week apart, both right outside their houses?
People always jumping to conclusions,regardless of the situation he is still somebody child,SIP fellow
@CYNTHIA TAITT,there are a load of lowlife things out there masquerading as women but they are nothing less than a slime balls.It has been the norm for them to have a man for each of their of all their utility bills so you see that is at least 4 men to 1 woman.Nasty behaviour, no wonder both sexes are dropping like flies and those who survive are breeding like flies with no idea of proper parenting hence the comments like you’ve read from this idiot father,mother and sister.They are so ignorant they have now told the world that he was good,cool and kind which is the normal sentiment from the criminal society,then they go further to say but he was mixing with bad company.Bad company,good,cool and kind equal they were benefitting form his involvement there.Now in here this lowlife has left another lowlife pregnant so what hope is there for this child ? Nil to Zero!!!!!!.So speaking as a woman I would not just want to beat up on disgusting and disturbed men because for each disgusting and disturbed men we have 10 disturbed and disturbed women.So like JOHNNY CROW,I hope these lowlife miscreants be fast tracked to meet their fate family and all.ENOUGH is ENOUGH,honest,law abiding,hard working people are seriously suffering with no hope for any resolution in the near future.
I mean no disrespect to this family and I am not referring to the deceased but why are people always talking about rest in peace. It could be a serial killer or a person who did the worst thing they are supposed to be resting in peace. It comes from people who go to Church every Sunday, I wonder where they see in the word that every body will rest in peace. That also goes along with the idea that every body goes to heaven, whether it’s cat, dog or human the idea is every one is in heaven. That is a lie and it’s not found any where in the Bible, I guess it’s better for those alive to pretend than to acknowledge the truth.
@ Bonita Weekes, With reference to Heaven, and Hell; I don’t believe in either. My belief is that Heaven, and Hell represents the life we choose for ourselves while on this amazing journey call life. As far as evil doers are concerned, at death they rot just like everyone else, and are remembered for the exact way they lived their lives. We as human beings misinterpret the Bible, and apply it’s amazing verses in which ever way it suits us. Few of us live our lives in accordance to its beautifully written specifications.
Barbados has become a breeding ground of BLACK IDIOTS producing more BLACK IDIOTS ona daily basis .
@ Honesty, It is with sadness that I’m having to say this; however, when one look around at the number of unkempt, unwashed looking individuals who claim to represent the citizens of Barbados , my heart bleeds. How can these people produce children who will then become upstanding, law abiding citizens? Individuals of the same type will always assemble together.
“He was wanted by the police back in 2016 on a serious matter ”
Was he ever apprehended?
Was the serious matter murder?
@CYNTHIA TAITT,yes and they have been elevated from stand pipes and pit toilets,they have been given free education, yet their minds and behaviour are entrenched in the sewer.We have a society which love to boast of how educated they are but from the experience of today we are over run by delinquents who’s intension is set on getting everything for nothing and at any cost.
Why do people keep talking about education when the only thing that education did for this majority people was to create a mindset of servitude and subservience. No substance whatsoever.
I recently saw a student from the polytechnic with a hair styling doll proudly walking around with. Now the doll was brown but the hair on the head (of the doll) was…. u guessed it, straight aka Caucasian type. Now if no one can see what I am saying then u might as well join the rocks in the earth.
We got soldiers who came out of war killing people and received PTSD therapy. And what did the leaders of Bimshire and the rest of the Caribbean do for their people – Zilch. Now here we r in 2019 feeling the rebound effects and people talking about education when that is the chief cause of the problem to begin with, including the church leaders.
. . . . .and to add insult to injury Jen , up to this very day bajans still thing that tourists and visitors are all white people.
Just take a look around Barbados and you’ll see how many black bajan women are now wearing animal hair of their heads and bleaching their skin try to get the ” white and latin Amercan American woman look “
@Ossie – And it all lies within these inherited systems. I do not care what no one thinks we r a unique people with unique needs. But our leaders would rather please the few. And all of this breeds self hate, brotherly and sisterly hate and inferiority. The young disrespecting the old, van men driving their people worst than cattle, children sitting in buses while old people stand and the like. From the church goers to the office workers can’t come together. And then we blame the common entrance exam, social set ups etc for failing this people and all sorts of rubbish while overlooking what should be obvious.
@ Ossie Moore, I find it insulting to black women, when sisters straighten their hair, dye it blonde, and the many who are going bald owing to the false locks weaves into their hair. Also black wigs which kills hair follicles. I am a black woman who has never done any of the aforementioned, I am proud of my curly hair that I was born with; it’s now almost grey, but I will never put chemicals on it. Girls, be proud of who you are; set examples for the young ones. All human beings including us black people are beautiful; no need to want to be like anyone else.
Condolences…
A lack of black self education owing to human i.e Caucasian/Indian hair, straighteners, wigs, afro hair pieces (imagine), Remi, kanakelon etc is a 9 billion dollar industry and guess who is cashing in? Failure to educate our people has been a big financial wheel for other races and a loss for black house holds/communities who neglect looking after their own for such rubbish. And I am going to blame black men for much of this too.
Not to mention the health bill that all these chemicals has also attracted.
@ Jennifer, I have to say you’re 100% right. The other sad thing that I find rather painful is the terrible artificial nails; they cost a small fortune, and are so ugly. Why are young black women following such a ridiculous way of life? No money to purchase food or pay rent, however, no financial difficulties when it comes to purchasing rather strange false item to alter what they are born with; extremely sad!
I am thinking about producing a film about Barbados :
Name of film : The Eradiaction of the Bajan negro.
Plot (so far ) : The “white and other non black races ” of Barbados have “greased the palms ” of ( you know who . .and many more ) to allow the smuggling of guns and drugs to enter the island and into the black neighborhoods and streets of black Barbados . It’s a huge financial operation backed by non black Corporations, Banks and others.
This being done , with the guns and drugsin their possession, the illiterate black race eradicates it’s own race by daily shootings, stabbings , murders ,and armed robberies of the black bajan race.
Meanwhile , the ” big up ” black folks who have allowed the eradication to happen have now fled the Island with their families and are now living in their condos , houses and flats in the other civilized foreign countries and getting good Health care and education for them and their families.
Now ,the black bajan race is the “minority race in Barbados ” the white and other non black bajan races ( which is now the majority ) have taken down and burnt the “statue of BUSSA ” and white power is ruling Barbados once again.
Slavery is now the No.1 industry of Barbados and tourism is the No.2 industry, with the slang name of new Barbados being:
Barbados the Gem of the Caribbean . . ..again.
Meanwhile, black Barbadians are now walking around and in Churches every day singing WE SHALL OVERCOME SOME DAY.
@ Ossie Moore, May I ask, what planet are you living on and what is it you’re taken that causing you to have such weird dreams? Your mindset is certainly not that of a normal thinking individual; and you may be in need of a Psychological assessment. Can I suggest you do something about it, before your crazy thoughts capitulate your permanently into an Asylum for the Mentally Insane. Finally, While I accept that the situation with crime in Barbados is not acceptable, and is heart wrenching to all Barbadians where ever we are in the world; the perpetrators of the crime is in the minority, and will hopefully, eventually destroy themselves. Your film ideas will never come to fruition, so wake up fool!
Now Ossie this script needs rethinking. First of all Slavery never finished, u cannot have the attributes of slavery still present and call it freedom especially where nomenclature, culture, linguistic, territory, and identity is concerned. And I have not even touched the social aspects as yet such as wages, systems etc. Nothing has changed in those areas making freedom null and void. Furthermore it is now a crime to be actually free. Then u got a problem with the CHURCH, the doctrine never changed since the time of slavery, which was also imported from way back in Roman times. Just pacifying and keeping the lost sheep lost. etc etc. Just too much to contemplate. Good night Ossie. And get the rid of that script.
@Cynthia – “the perpetrators of the crime is in the minority, and will hopefully, eventually destroy themselves.”
Won’t happen. We got big progressive problems in this place, trust me. And even bigger ones to come.
@ Jennifer, Although the distructive element appear to bein progress at present, my hope is for a better tomorrow and a different mindset among the people. The current destruction must end.
JOHNNY CROW: You bad then.
The Police can now close the file on the late Veldine Hinds.
Her soul can now rest in peace.
As I always stated on this forum, if the Police spend some time in the rum shops around Barbados lots will be revealed.
That is what I was told, lots will be revealed. We have pubs in the UK not rum shops.
@ Donild Trimp, I get where you are coming from here, but unlike the UK; Police in Barbados may not be able to resist the odd Rum or two while hanging out in a “Rum Shop”; if only to avoid suspicion. Barbadian will soon start accusing the Police of all sorts if they are seen to be hanging around. I actually feel saddened for the RBPF.