A musician has composed a powerful song that honours the victims of gun crime.

Kyle McNeil also performed the track, Save Us All, and shot the video for it.

Mr McNeil, a member of the digital team at BP Media, said that gang violence had always been a concern for him.

But it was a double murder that took place in broad daylight in July that compelled him to address the issue through his music.

Razi Garland, 18, and Amon Robinson, 19, were gunned down while driving in the area of Scaur Hill in Somerset on the morning of July 10.

Mr McNeil, 31, said that he had been making music for about 15 years, but had taken “a long break” — until he learnt of the Scaur Hill killings.

The father of a three-year-old son, Mr McNeil said: “It’s always been an issue that’s bothered me, that’s worried me — I’ve lost friends from it.

“But this particular incident really got to me. I was in England at the time and although I didn’t know the victims personally, it really affected me.

“I felt the need to say something, and what better way than through music?”

It took Mr McNeil, whose stage name is Mack Steez, just two days to write and record the track while in England before returning to Bermuda at the end of July. Filming the music video was a more involved experience that he only wrapped up last Sunday.

The video was viewed more than 5,000 times on YouTube within 24 hours.

He said: “I already had the beat of the song in my head and it stuck with me — I felt it could touch souls.

“But I also wanted the words to be meaningful; that was something that was important to me.”

Mr McNeil filmed scenes featuring the relatives of murder victims across the island, who also perform on the track.

“I wanted to show that this is something that the whole island is facing,” he said.

“I could tell, speaking to the mothers of victims, that they are just so tired.”

Mr McNeil performed the song at Monday’s peace concert organised in memory of the victims of gun crime.

Mr McNeil said: “The crowd were already familiar with the song because they’d seen it on YouTube. I got a lot of positive feedback from it. I think it’s a positive song.”

Mr McNeil is now working to get his material out to a wider audience through social media.

He said: “I think this is a song that everyone around the world can relate to, so I do have plans to put it on a wider platform.”