It was supposed to be a day of family fun on the field at Victor Scott Primary School.

But yesterday, instead of flying kites with their children, stunned members of the community where Kimwande Walker was shot dead stood around watching Police officers scour the area for evidence.

Most looked shell-shocked and shattered. Others were angry — and wanted everyone to know.

As detectives combed the grass for clues, one man yelled to them: "F**k you. I'm mad. Take off your pretty suits. I am very mad. F**k off. Do your job.

"You're supposed to serve and protect. You ain't doing f**ks. You ain't serving or protecting the people. I am mad. I am disgruntled."

Police estimated between 35 and 50 people were on the field peacefully flying their kites when the shooting happened — and neighbours said that included the victim's young son and daughter.

The fatal gun attack on 35-year-old Mr. Walker took place just yards from a house which backs onto the school field and where relatives of his are understood to live.

He used to stay there himself, according to neighbours, before moving to Southampton.

A group of people believed to be family members remained outside the house after the attack, watching the detectives and sniffer dogs do their work.

On Glebe Road, stunned neighbours gathered outside their homes in the hours after the murder.

They stood clustered in groups, talking together and with Police officers, as car and bike drivers pulled up to ask what had happened.

One man said: "Every year we live for this [Good Friday]. There's a football game, a netball game. It was packed today with a lot of children. A little boy watched his daddy get shot. I couldn't believe it. I was sitting off having a nice day.

"It's a lot of people in Bermuda that's out to be killed and I think those people should have Police around them undercover just knowing that their time is coming. These gangsters, they haven't stopped so who's next? Somebody's next. This is unreal."

The resident said Mr. Walker was not in a gang. "If it's a gang, it's the shooters who are in a gang. They have been after him for years."

Berenice Williams was organising an Easter egg hunt for the children when Mr. Walker was shot.

"My children were right there. They just came up the road and shot him. I heard five shots. I didn't see anything, I was dealing with nine children.

"What if they missed and hit a child? Everyone just ran. This is terrifying. What if they missed and shot my children? This is a fun day. Don't take it out on somebody else."

Witnesses told this newspaper that the gunman and a pillion passenger wore helmets with dark visors covering their faces and were on a bike with no licence plate.

An 18-year-old woman said: "What they have got to do is ban tinted visors." She said Mr. Walker ran away from his attacker but was chased and shot repeatedly while on the ground.

"They chased him and he was pulling his pants up and running. He ran around the blue truck on the field and the guy kept shooting."

She said the gunman's bike "decked out" in the car park of Victor Scott School straight after the attack but he was able to get it upright and ride off.

"They are coldhearted," she added. "Kimwande is a family person. He had his little son and daughter. I just spoke to him this morning. He was just driving and we said hi. He's very warm-hearted."

Her mother, aged 35, said: "Kimwande is a nice guy. He would speak to you. He likes children."

A 40-year-old woman told how her grandson heard gunshots from inside the family home and ran to her.

"He was shaking when he came to me. He said: 'Nana, nana, I heard gunshots.' I was sitting outside and I heard them too. He is nine and he goes to the school. And this is not the first time he's hearing gunshots.

"It's got to stop. The community is hurting. I cried in the house afterwards. Nobody expects this — it's Good Friday."

She said a little girl who saw the shooting was "so traumatised" she could not stop shaking.

Another woman said: "Children were on that field. I put my radio on today and I said: 'I guarantee there is going to be another killing.' You know why? They mark the holidays. What a wicked thing."

A 60-year-old man said he heard the shots while driving. "I heard all eight shots. I was in my car — it was up at Deepdale and Parsons Road and the shots rang out."

He said the neighbourhood was sick and tired of the violence. "This stuff needs to stop now. It needs to stop; it's out of hand. I was in the States for 32 years. I just can't imagine Bermuda being like this. I never thought Bermuda could get like that."