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“BT” Targeted, His Father Killed
posted (September 17, 2014)

There was a murder in Belize City this afternoon.  It happened at 2:00 pm, right beside St. Ignatius Primary School at the corner of Dean Street and Euphrates Avenue. Fifty six year old Cyril McFoy Robinson was shot to the head and succumbed to his injuries shortly after while 45 year old Sean Cherrington was shot to the leg and is receiving treatment at the KHMH. The men were playing a game of dominoes inside the yard of Robinson when a gunman pulled up and opened fire on them. Neighbors say they heard as many as 8 shots ring out.

Witness #1

"We were playing dominoes, 4 of us. The man that died son was also around us. The man then come in the yard and start to fire shots and we started to run through the downstairs of the house. Cyril, who was sitting down, the guy just turn around and shot him in his head."

Witness #2

"We play dominoes everyday. We come here just to play dominoes with each other. No trouble man, we just have a little business, a saloon here and all we do is play dominoes everyday."

Rafael Martinez, Public Relation - Ministry of Police

Just a few minutes to 2 o'clock this afternoon we received some information about a shooting incident that occurred at the corner of Dean Street and Euphrates Avenue. Sadly, we had a fatality in which 56 year old Cyril McFoy Robinson was fatally injured. Also injured in this shooting incident today, we have a 45 year old Sean Cherrington who was injured to the leg. So far we have no motive for this latest incident and we're investigating this latest shooting that occurred in Belize City. I cannot tell you the exact amount of shots that were fired but I can tell you that several shots were fired, as a matter of fact police are still on the scene trying to pick up the pieces and ascertain what happened and what calibre of weapon was used."

 It is believed that Robinson was not the intended target of today's shooting and instead the gunman was after his son Brandon Tillett whom they say was there at the time but managed to escape. Tillett is associated with the George Street gang.

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