Friday, December 26, 2008

NEWS: "Gully Creeper" inventer, Ice, dies in shooting


The dancehall community and Jamaica in general is very sad today. Dancer, Ice accredited with inventing the best dance to come out of Jamaica for 2008 was gunned down early Friday morning (December 26th).

Thirty-six year-old dancer, David Alexander Smith otherwise called “Ice”, of Kingston, creator of the famous dance hall move “Gully Creeper”, was shot and killed by gunmen at a bar at Newark Avenue, Kingston 11 this morning.

Early reports say the dancer was shot while he sat in his vehicle on Keesing Avenue in Kingston. Additional information received by the CCN states that at about 7:55 a.m., Smith was at the establishment when men armed with guns entered. The armed hoodlums immediately opened fire on the dancer where he died immediately on the scene.
During the investigation, Half Way Tree Police, also reported that Smith’s Champagne Mitsubishi Lancer which was taken by his attackers.

Ice’s latest dance craze, “Gully Creeper” was made popular this summer by Usain Bolt in celebration for winning the gold medals in Beijing.

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