We are going into Easter, one of the holiest observances of the year - but there's no letup of violence in the city.
A 21 year old was killed this afternoon in Belize city, almost exactly 24 hours after a 23 year old was killed yesterday on Albert Street.
But today's killing happened off Faber's Road extension where Leron Johnson, a working man, was shot to the head - through his motorcycle helmet.
We'll have the full story of his murder coming up, plus an interview with his mother.
But first, there has been a disturbing string of brazen armed robberies in the city over the last 24 hours.
The most recent one happened this evening at the Belize Waste control dumpsite.
A pair of armed gunmen were waiting for the owners of Belize Recycling Company to pay their employees - when they pounced and snatched most of the payroll.
One worker, who asked to appear off camera told us how they clubbed her boss in the head:..
Voice of employee
"They were paying us about an hour and a half ago when the company was jack, so none of us got pay yet. I don't know when we will get paid."
Monica Bodden
"Tell me what happen?"
Voice of employee
"Two boys came barefoot, and they slammed the boss's head into the dashboard, and they told her to run the money. She refused and so they hit her 3 times in her head with the gun butt. She is in the hospital right now."
"They punched down one of the co-workers off his motor cycle, and they took it. He is trying to locate it right now. He already made a report to the police station. The police already went to the hospital to take a statement from him."
"It's the first time that we saw them. We were so frightened. We didn't know what to do. This is the second attempt. The first attempt, they didn't get anything, but this time they went with majority of the money."
"30 of us are employed, and only 5 of us got paid today. Estimated, they went with over $2,000."
The 25 workers won't be left without pay for the Easter Weekend as the company has made arrangement to pay them at another location.
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