Destruction of McIver Residence

"My mother escaped to Kingston with me. And it wasn't a problem. We had our own life. Until they found us. I remember the bottle flying through the window. A Bushmaster bottle filled with gas and a lit cloth inside. When it landed, the flames went everywhere. The fire moved so fast. My mother put me outside the window and she told me, she yelled, "Run!" So I did. I never saw her again."

- Bushmaster to Mariah Dillard

The Destruction of McIver Residence was an attack on Gwen McIver executed by the Stokes Crime Family.

Background
"Both men are dead. It was a tragedy. All Ms. McIver is asking for is her fair share of her late husband's estate." "My clients owe him nothing. Or her."

- Terence Rogers and Benjamin Donovan

Following the deaths of Quincy McIver and Buggy Stokes, Gwen McIver with her son John moved to Kingston in order to get away from the Stokes Crime Family. In 1980s, Gwen met with the Stokes in order to negotiate for Quincy's share of assets of Harlem's Paradise and hired Terence Rogers as a lawyer to represent her. Mama Mabel and Pistol Pete listened her who asked for a fair share of the club and Bushmaster Rum company out of respect for the friendship between her husband and Buggy Stokes. However, Mabel, Pete and their lawyer Benjamin Donovan openly refused.

Attack
"Sorry, babe. Told your mom I wasn't dealing with no goddamn lawyers."

- Mama Mabel to John McIver

One night, while sleeping in their home, John and Gwen was attacked by Stokes. They threw molotov cocktail made with Bushmaster Rums into the house. With the explosive quickly setting their house ablaze, the McIver attempted to make their escape. Despite John's plead for his mother to escape first, Gwen made her son get out of the house. She didn't escape in time as John watched his home burn and crumble before him. Mabel arrived, taunting and throwing the legal papers into the fire. She mockingly apologized to McIver before leaving.

Aftermath
"When you get to hell, tell Quincy that was for Buggy."

- Pistol Pete to John McIver

Two years later, McIver moved to Trenchtown and remained under the care of his uncle, Anansi and his aunt Ingrid Mackintosh. One day, while assisting his family by selling vegetables, he was approached by Pistol Pete. Unaware of the danger and not recognizing him, McIver was shot by him in the stomach in retaliation for what his father did to Buggy. Determined not to let his nephew die, Anansi carried McIver to the mountains to seek the aid of Maddah Myrie who might be able to heal him. She used Nightshade in an attempt to heal the dying McIver. As he inhaled the smokes of the burning roots, McIver began rapidly healing from his gunshot wounds. Miraculously, McIver was saved from death and his hidden powers revealed. The murder of his mother and assassination attempt has left McIver with a burning desire for vengeance against the Stokes.