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Raphael Martinez - Police Press Officer
"On Wednesday 10th October at approximately 8:45pm police visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they saw a 17 year old Belizean student Malik Dixon with an apparent gunshot wound to the lower back. Initial investigations revealed that at approximately 8:40pm on that same evening Malik and a friend were travelling in a grey Toyota Corolla along Mopan Street when they were fired upon by two male persons standing on the street side. As a result Malik sustained the injuries."

"Malik is presently at the Karl Heusner Memoral Hospital in a critical but stable condition. Police are again asking for your assistance to solve these crimes. By bringing these criminals to justice you can call any of the nearest police station or 911 or 922-TIPS/Crime stoppers."

"I want to mention as well that retrieve from the scene of this incident were 9 expended 9mm shells."

Marion Ali, reporter
"The shots that hit Dixon; do police know if the shots were intended for him or the other occupants of the vehicle and two, do you think this shooting is link to the incident on Monday when his mother and his father had been involved in a domestic dispute and he was involve in some kind of robbery?"

Raphael Martinez - Police Press Officer
"Police are still trying to piece together the evidence to find out exactly what caused this shooting incident. I don't want to say at this point if it's either gang related or related to a previous incident. Hopefully by the end of this week or early next week we can back in terms of the closure to this."

Marion Ali, reporter
"There were other people in the vehicle?"

Raphael Martinez - Police Press Officer
"There was one person in the vehicle along with him."

At this time police are still investigating the shooting incident. No motive has been established nor has anyone been detained.