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A Fortunate Weekend: Two Men Shot In Execution Attempts, Both Survive
Mon, September 29, 2014
Two men were shot this weekend; luckily they both survived.

The first shooting was on Friday night after 10:00 near La Democracia. 21-year-old Joshua Daniel Martinez and his 16 year old sister had just alighted a Shaw's bus at the Democracia junction on the Western Highway. They were sheltering from the rain under the bus shed, when three men walked up and one of them fired six shots at them. Martinez was hit on the right arm and back. He is in a stable condition at the KHMH. Police have since arrested 20-year-old Adolphus Palacio of Mahogany Heights pending charges.

And then three hours later in Belize City, at 1:40 am on Saturday morning, 30-year-old Joseph Debride of Lucky Strike Village opened the door of his house on Curassow street, Belize City but a gun man was lurking. He came up from behind and shot him three times: once on the right side of the neck, one in the back, and once on the right leg. Police were quick to respond and arrested a 17-year-old from Lakeview Street for Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Kept Firearm without a gun License.

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