There was another broad daylight shooting in Belize City today – and
this time it happened at the crowded Queen Square Market. Around 3:30 –
28 year old Osmin Garrido was at an outdoor market stall at the corner of West
Collet Canal and Iguana Street when two men came up – one of them attempted
to rob him and shot him in the process. The market was crowded at the time and
those we spoke to remarked that they thought it was dynamite.
But it wasn’t – it was a bullet from a 38 revolver. The men ran
off and two square blocks away – a resident saw when they threw their
weapon in a drain in front of Happy Days pre-school on Curassow Street. Police
also caught a suspect in the area who they believe was circling back to check
on what had happened. 28 year old Garrido was shot in the chest and is in the
Operating theater at this hour.
And that’s not the end of it. Going into the evening, after 5:00 pm,
another man Dwayne White – also identified to us as Dwayne Lopez was shot
to the back. He is 28 years old and was on Supaul Street when he was shot. We’ll
have updates on these men in tomorrow’s newscast.
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