On Tuesday, 7News told you about the 21 year-old Rajiv Gonguez, the Belama resident who was murdered on Monday evening in front of Brown Sugar, home to the San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi. Well tonight, 19 year-old Travis Tyler Navarro, the man who police believe was the shooter, is at prison after he was taken to court today.
As we reported, just before 6 p.m., Gonguez drove up in a silver pathfinder and parked in front of the market place. He went inside to pick up a neighbor Jayme Marin, and when he exited, a gunman on foot, who is believed to have been lying in wait, ambushed him and opened fire.
2 of the bullets struck him in the face and chest, and the gunman ran off. Gonguez was immediately rushed to the KHMH, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
It happened at dusk in a much-trafficked area, so police had a number of witnesses. They narrowed it down to a suspect, who was picked out of an ID Parade, and today they charged Navarro with murder. He was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith this afternoon, but due to the nature of the offence, he couldn't be granted bail. He was remanded to prison until June 26, 2013.
Those who knew the 21 year old Belama Resident and son of the Chief Met Officer are still shocked at his apparently senseless murder – but the targeted precision of the attack does have the appearance of an execution.
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