The four bullets fired at father-of-one Colford Ferguson on a peaceful day in Mangrove Bay in February may have been intended for someone else entirely.The first murder victim of 2011 was shot while doing construction work at a pink house on the corner of East Shore Road and Somerset Road with a colleague who had expressed reservations about travelling to Sandys. Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro, who is leading the murder inquiry, told The Royal Gazette: “We are not sure whether Mr Ferguson was the intended target or not.“The person he worked with had some concerns. We don’t know if it was the male colleague who was the intended target of the gunman or not.“Whilst his work colleague had left to run an errand, the gunman shot Mr Ferguson.”The senior officer said the lone shooter, who is believed to have been riding a dark motorcycle back and forth in the vicinity moments before, made his way on foot to the property just after 2pm.Det Ch Insp Pedro said: “He entered the premises from the vegetation to the East of the building in which Mr Ferguson was working and opened fire on Mr Ferguson as he was in the building. We don’t believe the gunman entered the building.”The workmate’s identity has not been revealed by police, nor any information on whether he was involved with a gang.But a source told The Royal Gazette the Island’s West-end gangs fiercely protected their territory, more aggressively even than their counterparts in Pembroke.The source said the Somerset gang network was such that as soon as any perceived enemy entered the parish, leading members would be made aware of their presence.Det Ch Insp Pedro said of Mr Ferguson’s murder on February 4: “It has all the hallmarks and indications that it was committed by gang members.“The evidence would lead us to believe that it was committed by gang members but that obviously needs to be proven.”The 29-year-old victim had served time in Westgate and had other minor brushes with the law but Det Ch Insp Pedro said: “There is nothing to indicate that Mr Ferguson was a gang member.”His murder came after an apparent six-month ceasefire between the Island’s warring gangs.Det Ch Insp Pedro said: “That was the first gun murder after Yankee Rawlins in August 2010. We had a very significant period of calm following the shooting of Mr Rawlins.”He said the team investigating Mr Ferguson’s murder had “not been able to establish a motive” and was still seeking information from witnesses.“You can appreciate that in the early afternoon, on Friday afternoon in Somerset Village, there would have been a number of people in and around the area that would potentially have seen this or the suspects and we are very interested in speaking with people that witnessed it or may know something about it.”In particular, police want to speak to anyone who saw a light-skinned male riding in a suspicious way in Mangrove Bay between 1pm and 2pm that day.A man dressed in black or dark clothing who was seen standing in the bus lay-by opposite the scene of the shooting and who jumped behind a wall has not come forward or been identified.And detectives have failed to establish who took a gruesome photograph of Mr Ferguson after he was shot which was circulated around the Island, though they are certain it wasn’t his killer.“We don’t believe the shooter got that close to the victim, nor did he have time to take photographs, based on what we have been able to determine,” said Det Ch Insp Pedro.“We investigated this matter meticulously and we don’t believe it was any member of the investigating team. We do believe that some members of the community, prior to police arrival, went in to check on the status of the victim and unscrupulously took pictures as he lay there dead or dying.“It reflects very poorly on the decision-making of some members of our community and, indeed, their disregard for someone in their time of need.”* Part nine of our series on Bermuda’s unsolved gang murders will appear in The Royal Gazette on Monday, October 17, when we’ll focus on the March 2011 shooting of Jahmiko LeShore.We want to speak to anyone affected by the shootings who has yet to see justice done. If you’d like to share your story, call senior reporter Sam Strangeways on 278-0155 or e-mail sstrangeways[AT]royalgazette.bm.