And while those killings happened in the city, an 18 year old was murdered in Belmopan over the weekend.
It happened in the Maya Mopan area just before midnight on Saturday. Valentino Coc was chopped up in his yard. The Police Press officer told us more.
Fitzroy Yearwood - Police Press Officer
"On the 26th of May police were called out to an area known as the Maya Mopan area where they saw Valentino Coc in the yard with several chop wounds to the face and right hand."
"Coc was transported to the Western Regional Hospital and eventually to the KHMH in a very critical condition. He succumbs to his injuries whilst undergoing treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital."
"What investigators have gathered is that he was involved in an altercation with some persons known to the police where he ran from that group and he was fatally injured."
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