he killed another man a few days later. jonathan thomas, an associate of rhyging, was walking along the street with his wife when rhyging appeared and shot him. he then attempted to kill another man, selvyn maxwell, but maxwell managed to wrestle the gun from rhyging's hand. rhyging escaped after stealing maxwell's car. he was also involved in robberies, possibly to fund a planned escape from jamaica. he was suspected of robbing the" white horses" inn at mary brown's corner (during which a security guard was tied up) and a store near rousseau road.