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Man Uses Chevy Blazer To Settle Argument In Front Of Fried Chicken Joint
Mon, September 1, 2014
And while that murder is unsolved - police have the man who they believe pulled off an outrageous assault with an SUV. It happened in front of Key Lee restaurant, which is the former Li Chee - the popular fried chicken joint in front of ITVET on Freetown Road.

At 12:45 am, there was hard talk in front of the restaurant between 47 year old Francis Stanley Gill and 33 year old Devon Jones. Gill was reportedly the aggressor while Jones was with a female. When she got her food, they jumped into his Chevy Blazer. There were about a dozen people outside the restaurant, and they all thought that was the end of it. But then, suddenly, Jones started driving unto the sidewalk towards Gill. And eyewitness who asked to appear off camera told us about the crazy and bloody scene that unfolded next:..

Voice of: Eyewitness
"One his girlfriend got the food and she got in the vehicle, I remember seeing the guy turning his vehicle from his parking position, like he turn facing Li Chee and the guy without the shirt was right in line with the vehicle and before the vehicle ran into him the driver was revving his vehicle on the guy without no shirt. He kept looking like he wasn't afraid, he was saying like what are you going to do. The driver just ran into him one time and everybody gasped because it was not like a playful run-in to somebody, it was like a slam. He reverse back in the street and slam the guy again one more time and that when the guy fell to the ground. He had like 3-4 inches of bones next to where his slippers was - like his feet was shattered - like just hanging from the skin dangling. It was shocking to see something like that to happen in a short time. I think everything took like a minute or two. The driver after the second hit just drove away with his girlfriend."

Today in Belize City Magistrate's Court, 33 year-old Devon Jones, an electrician from Iguana Street, was charged with Maim and aggravated assault before Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith. No plea was taken and the police prosecutor objected to bail, but Jones's attorney, Douglas Carr, submitted that his client is innocent until proven guilty, and that these are offences for which bail can be granted.

After much consideration, Chief Magistrate Smith granted him bail of $3,000, two thousand of which had to be paid as cash. He was able to meet that bail, and must return on October 15.

And while he is out on bail, the victim, lost a foot from the knew down and is in dire condition at the KHMH. According to a family member, Gill was not at fault - he was just there buying food when a group of males had an altercation. His family says he was urinating when Jones ran into him. They declined comment today and will speak with the media tomorrow.

He is stable at the KHMH.

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