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Matthew D. Daly allegedly shot multiple times to head

- was found unresponsive in road @ Spring Ghut, Tortola, on September 10, 2020
As investigations continue into the shooting death of well-known businessman, Mr Matthew D. Daly aka ‘Shorty’ on September 10, 2020, information reaching our newsroom is that the 55-year-old man from Fat Hogs Bay was shot multiple times to the head. Photo: Facebook
The bullet-riddled body of Mr Matthew D. Daly was found on the road at Spring Ghut around 1:30pm on September 10, 2020. Photo: Team of Reporters
The bullet-riddled body of Mr Matthew D. Daly was found on the road at Spring Ghut around 1:30pm on September 10, 2020. Photo: Team of Reporters
The first homicide for the year in the Virgin Islands occurred on Thursday September 3, 2020, when Mr George Burrows was shot in the head while in the bedroom of his Purcell Estate home. Photo: Team of Reporters
The first homicide for the year in the Virgin Islands occurred on Thursday September 3, 2020, when Mr George Burrows was shot in the head while in the bedroom of his Purcell Estate home. Photo: Team of Reporters
EAST END, Tortola, VI- As investigations continue into the shooting death of well-known businessman, Mr Matthew D. Daly aka ‘Shorty’ on September 10, 2020, information reaching our newsroom is that the 55-year-old man from Fat Hogs Bay was shot multiple times to the head.

The bullet-riddled body of Mr Daly was found on the road at Spring Ghut around 1:30pm.

Rental vehicle found with engine running

According to our information, Daly may have been forced out of a rental vehicle he was driving before he met his demise.

The vehicle, a white Hyundai SUV with license plate RT 4593, was found a short distance from Daly’s body, with the engine still running and the driver's side door open.

Many on social media have expressed shock at the Territory’s recent homicide, the second for the year.

The first homicide occurred on Thursday September 3, 2020, when Mr George Burrows was shot in the head while in the bedroom of his Purcell Estate home.

Father of 6

Mr Daly was reportedly a father of 6.

He ran a food vending place close to a famous sports bar and nightclub in Free Bottom, was a former employee of Digicel and also worked as Marketing Director of G. Organic Herbal Center BVI Limited based in Free Bottom.

Police said persons with any information related to this incident are asked to contact Detective Inspector Vernon Larocque; directly on 368-9809 or via the Major Crime Investigation Team on 368-5682.

46 Responses to “Matthew D. Daly allegedly shot multiple times to head”

  • bvi (11/09/2020, 09:26) Like (26) Dislike (13) Reply
    The price we pay for glitz glamour and fame. Sad situation. Condolences to Susan creve magvi linda sapoo Mrs. Daly his mom and his kids.

    RIEP
  • BVI (11/09/2020, 09:31) Like (5) Dislike (11) Reply
    Thats not Spring Ghut, its Nottingham Estate. RIP brother Shorty.
  • tretretrete (11/09/2020, 09:44) Like (8) Dislike (40) Reply

    All shot to head that more personal..less business..hmmm look like he c**k got him in trouble..

    • @hmmm (11/09/2020, 13:17) Like (26) Dislike (0) Reply

      This is much bigger than a c**k thing. No one is going to shoot someone in the head that many times over someone screwing their woman or we would have plenty of dead men turning up everyday dead on the Island. He got GREEN LIGHT AND MURKED OVER SOMETHING BIGGER.

    • @hmmm (11/09/2020, 17:05) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
      I agree, this is not about messing with no woman. I will also agree if that was the case, every day they will be picking up dead men around the Island.
  • Bulldawg (11/09/2020, 09:54) Like (29) Dislike (2) Reply
    May God comfort the souls of their beloved families.
    I really hope the police force find the perpetrators of these two awful crimes.
    Tortola was going so perfect this year without any tragic murders until now.
    • @bulldawg (11/09/2020, 10:32) Like (15) Dislike (12) Reply
      Criminals don’t look for criminals so don’t hold your breath on this one. The police them is a problem.
  • vi (11/09/2020, 09:55) Like (25) Dislike (0) Reply
    My condolences to the Daly family R.I.P david
  • take note (11/09/2020, 10:06) Like (33) Dislike (8) Reply
    What a sad way to go, you live like a king and die in the street like a dog.
  • This is serious..serious...serious (11/09/2020, 10:39) Like (11) Dislike (14) Reply
    Times so hard... We have to be good to each other and very careful along the way...In these extra hard time a hit doesn't cost much and people are lining up...... Rent to pay, loan to meet, chimdren to feed, lovers need desperate help...Yow... live good...
  • intel (11/09/2020, 10:56) Like (29) Dislike (5) Reply
    Straight up mob style hit. Dude know who the killer is, was lured to area. If the police recover his cell, that will lead to the killer. The man that was killed in his bed, that was a in house personal thing. I feel sorry for his family and they have my condolences. However, you have to see it for what it is, he simply got caught up and he was in to deep. To many people is loosing their lives over the glitz and glam.
    • INTEL 2 (11/09/2020, 13:07) Like (34) Dislike (2) Reply
      Rented car a few feet from where he was killed with engine running. Someone that he knew called him to the spot and ambush him when he got out of the rental. Never agree to see anyone IN A DESOLATE AREA, YOU WILL BE WALKING INTO A TRAP. Insist on meeting in a public area. Sorry but dude was into something deep and he paid the price for what he was into.
  • Pricey bottoms (11/09/2020, 11:33) Like (26) Dislike (0) Reply
    “He ran a food vending place close to a famous sports bar and nightclub in Free Bottom”
    That “famous place with bottoms freely displayed” is what I think you meant to say.

  • Well (11/09/2020, 12:30) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    Mr do the best thing turn him self in (no name no warrant)
  • @pricey bottom (11/09/2020, 12:34) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Hmmm not the jr ...them so blite
  • Cut deep (11/09/2020, 12:58) Like (13) Dislike (3) Reply
    Where is loud mouth I love my country community activist host of C** D**P!! Why she’s so sacred to talk up about gang wars within our community? Possibly falls on both ends of the stick? Maybe she being quiet on the matter is best. Besides who believe she actually care anyway? Just another post seeking attention.
    • @Cut Deep (12/09/2020, 09:22) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      Loud mouth went ghost. This is something a Community activist is suppose to speak out on things like this. Her and the ones that were calling business to pull the plug on VINO SPONSORS HAS NOW GONE GHOST, MUM, their lips are sealed. Bunch of damn hypocrites looking for attention in all the wrong places.
      • Cut deep (12/09/2020, 12:48) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
        @c** d**p facts 100%! Where’s the founders of THE BLM BVI?
      • Yep (12/09/2020, 14:27) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
        C..D... and her crew of loud mouth PEEPS AND FOLLOWERS THAT TALK THE TALK, CAN’T SURE WALK THE WALK. YEAH, HER AND HER MINIONS WAS TRYING TO SHUT VINO DOWN WITH THE SNAKE MOVE DEMANDING THAT SPONSORS SHOULD DROP VINO. THAT LITTLE BOY FROM SEA COWS BAY THAT WAS TRYING TO UNSEAT FRASER IS THE ONE YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR
  • bombshell (11/09/2020, 13:28) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
    Did the police find the evidence/audiotapes/little black book detailing certain things. Seek and yea shall find. Whoever was responsible, if the above mention is found, your names is going to pop up. You involve in S**t, you have to keep receipts and proof in the event they take you out.
    • @Bombshell (11/09/2020, 22:56) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Hearing the same thing that dude got audio and recorded stuff on certain people. Maybe that is what they were looking for.
  • Sad (11/09/2020, 13:49) Like (28) Dislike (0) Reply
    Nobody deserves to die out on the street like that as if they didn’t come from a mother. It seems man created man that some feel they can take a life. Our Creator has exclusive rights to that. I can’t speak to how he was with anybody else, but he was kind to me. I am sorry to know he went out like that. We don’t know when it’s time for us to go. So I hope we can all make ourselves right with our Creator before that time comes. R.I.P. David and my condolences to the family.
  • Veterinary Science (11/09/2020, 14:54) Like (19) Dislike (1) Reply
    If you lay with Dogs you will catch flees
  • Revelation (11/09/2020, 15:20) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
    Revelation 9

    You think taking a life is any match for the torment of Judgment

    1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

    2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

    3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

    4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

    5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

    6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
  • Lovely girl (11/09/2020, 15:37) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is so sad ,what is happening in the bvi. High day during curfew thats no good.RIP shortneck
  • MY VOICE (11/09/2020, 16:06) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    As I stated before there are almost Sixty (60) Unsolved Murders in the British Virgin Islands since the 1980's to present
    so Many Secrets in "Nature Little Secret"
  • Your voice (11/09/2020, 16:23) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    Why do you thing that is ? obviously there is a trust issue with the police.
    • 1st District (11/09/2020, 17:33) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
      Darm right!! Not even that hotline. You call them about an issue, them go to the individual and say ,you say. Nobody holding a bounty on my head for information because of them. Mr. COP, need to search them out and get rid of them. Tola tooo small for that!!
    • Nawwww (11/09/2020, 22:47) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      It is not that people don’t want to say anything. People just don’t want their names dropping all over the Island when they report something to the police. Nobody don’t want no gun man rolling up on them when they leave the station or gun man coming up in your house blowing you away.
  • sd (11/09/2020, 17:12) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    get a record of his cell phone and it will lead you to his murderer(s) ... Elimentary
  • Peaches (11/09/2020, 17:18) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    To the Killer

    Genesis 4;10-12

    10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”…

    (How can you sleep at night?)
  • OG (11/09/2020, 17:18) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    When you are in the game, everyone around you that you be dapping, eating with, hanging out with you have to see these people as your enemy. When you are in the game YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS.
  • F (11/09/2020, 17:48) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    When u wipe sweat from your from your face not a man will come looking for u this michove way of living is not good cous
  • Boy or boy (11/09/2020, 17:55) Like (2) Dislike (6) Reply
    Shorty boy u meet more than what you bargain for right now dog eat your supper
  • canary (11/09/2020, 22:38) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Some is saying look into the Organic place he use to work for.
  • mm (12/09/2020, 05:29) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Just as how thay smuggling human that smuggling the guns same way no boarder control
    • True (13/09/2020, 19:38) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I iw how guns are getting into the island. I was asked to help with some and I said no.
  • Take photos (12/09/2020, 07:57) Like (3) Dislike (3) Reply
    Whenever Things around me look suspicious I always take a photo. I have 2 phones send it to my other phone at home so. it can't be deleted...a smart killer will take your cell.. especially if I'm in a lonely area... You will be surprised to know the things.pdople hating you for...U don't have to be in anything illegal... Some people.are just envious and jealous....Too get shot so many times in the head, it's a sure kill make sure he was dead..it's 2 reasons for that.. either a hit or a friend someone he knows well.. Don't be surprised.if a woman was involved...
  • Info (12/09/2020, 09:35) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    He got into something real big. At least he was smart to have proof as to what he was into and who he was doing it with. He is going to get his revenge from the grave. The evidence ie... taped conversations, audio, dates, times and pictures is going to surface once they are found. I agree, seek and yea shall find.
  • ausar (12/09/2020, 10:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Such a consummate professional in the area of fitness..
    Rest in peace, Matthew!
  • wow (12/09/2020, 16:18) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
    my $1.5k i borrowed he gone!
    • @SMH (15/09/2020, 21:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      yuh well yuh nuh borrow nobody nothing! Chuh uno can lie eh just wan give tola ppl ting fu talk
  • Thats the game (12/09/2020, 20:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well thats the game .game over
  • Related (13/09/2020, 14:27) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is it only me who thought about these murders being related. They both were shot in their heads that is personal. This person is heartless and can you believe walking amoung us? It is truly frightening to think this as our borders are closed and being securely monitored. To be shot in head is a serious passionate manner both were shot in their heads. RIP to both men
  • Spectator (21/09/2020, 19:06) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    You can tell he was fighting back because in the picture going round his fist was clenched


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