Aquil Richardson described himself as a "proud parent" shortly before his death by gunshot on Boxing Day.

On the popular online community MySpace Aquil Richardson was known as "Ball N'Keil".

He last logged on four days before he was gunned down on Camp Hill Road. He was one of three people shot over the Christmas holiday period.

He was the only one to die, the other two men remain in hospital.

Mr. Richardson's page opens with the song 'We Fly High (Ballin')' by Jim Jones and his lists his favourite music as reggae, hip hop and R&B.

MySpace allows users to express themselves and create pages around their personality.

He described himself as single and said he was using the site for "networking, dating, serious relationships, friends".

Mr. Richardson, who was a Libra, also said he was a "proud parent" and said he had a "post grad". He listed his profession as mechanic and said he earned approximately $60,000 a year.

On his page he said he attended Kingston University in the UK and graduated with an Associate's Degree in Automobile Mechanics in 2001.

The young man has 333 friends online and already some have heard about his violent death and left notes.

A female friend whose name is "mmmm, tasty" left a message saying: "R.I.P. BABY! SEE YOU WHEN I GET THERE! MWAH!"

He listed his favourite TV shows as Jamie Fox Show, BET, MTV.

Attempts by The Royal Gazette to contact friends and family of Mr. Richardson in the aftermath of his death have been unsuccessful.

However, on another online community, Facebook, popular with young Bermudians, a group has been started asking people to try and stop gun violence on the Island.

The group was started on Thursday and is called "The Saga Will Continue, Let's Stop It Now" and its aim is to save future generations of Bermudians.

It states: "Their will always be a generation of children with no fathers and mothers because (of) unsolved crimes... What are we willing to do for our children? They will become our new MPs, bankers, police officers, school teachers, soldiers, preachers etc... Our willing to forget the past like it does not exist!!!!!! Do WE need EX-cons as our future... Let's get a hold on OUR FUTURE!

"Leaders, IT CAN NOT BE TOLERATED AND WE CAN NOT GIVE UP ON OUR HOME..."

The group's creator added: "We need real resolution — talking about it is taboo so, let's create some solutions before inviting new problems." Some of the problems listed include: "murders, unsolved crimes, mysterious accidents".

Lawyer Charles Richardson, who famously studied for a law degree while locked up for a gun related offence, was the first to discuss the topic.

He said: "We need to put our obvious talents to use right now. Here on Facebook some of Bermuda's best intellectual talent from both sides of the racial and social fence voice their views. Currently we have a problem in this community with a culture of gun violence.

"If ever we are going to be Bermudians together — putting aside all differences — it must be now.

"We need suggestions people! We need ideas for viable solutions! This cannot continue. Bermuda will cease to be the Island we love if we don't act now.

"Lets put our heads together and brainstorm... right here on Facebook... with a view to developing some strategy for reducing the gun culture here in Bermuda.

"I think that the time has come to consider giving the police wider powers of search and seizure with respect to firearms... another well advertised amnesty coupled with peer pressure to comply might be viable as well in the short term... views anybody?"

As of press time, however, no one had taken up his plea.