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Role Model Shot
posted (April 10, 2012)
And that wasn't the end of gun violence in the city: another well-known person was shot this morning.

He is Michael Alexander Young - who was recently featured on the I am Belize profile as a role model for turning one's life around. Well he did make that change, but this morning at 6:30 am when shots started flying in his neighborhood near McKay Boulevard and Mahogany Street - one of them found their mark in Young's chest.

According to police, a staggering 16 expended shells were found at the scene. According to a friend of Young he was at home getting ready for work when he looked out to see what was all the ruckus and he was hit. Young was taken to the KHMH where he is under observation and in a stable condition.

No one has been detained so far.

This incident was the fourth shooting in and around Mahogany Street in Lake I this weekend; three persons are recovering from gunshot injuries and two were killed.

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