Last night we gave you a brief update on 32 year old Mykelt Anthony's condition. He is the well-known cricket player that was shot on Gill Street in broad daylight on Monday. Well tonight there is good news to report. According to family members, he is stable and recovering from a surgery yesterday that was done to remove a bullet near his spinal cord. And while he is still being monitored closely, they are optimistic about his improvements. Here's what his aunt told us today:...
Aunt of Mykelt Anthony
"He is recovering slowly yes."
Monica Bodden
"He was shot to which part of his body?"
Aunt of Mykelt Anthony
"The spine and the lungs yes. They are to take an x-ray which will tell us everything that is happening but I don't know when they will do it. He can move, and talk but very slow."
Monica Bodden
"So you guys are still monitoring him?"
Aunt of Mykelt Anthony
"Yes, we have to. I don't know him as a bad guy, I know he loves cricket. He would talk about that all day and all night, but I don't know him as a street boy."
Monica Bodden
"According to him, I am sure you guys talk to him. Was he just standing there waiting for his bike?"
Aunt of Mykelt Anthony
"Yes that's what I heard, because I wasn't at Belize at the time it happened. But he told me he was waiting for his bicycle and while he was doing so, a friend shouted 'a gunman is coming'. Immediately when he heard that he said he got shot in his feet and in his back. He have friends, a cousin on Gill Street, so I don't see why it will be a problem because of his close friends and cousin on Gill Street."
Monica Bodden
"You mentioned to me earlier that Mykelt was getting ready to play a cricket match."
Aunt of Mykelt Anthony
"To play Sand Hill Saturday, because his team is 'Easy Does It'. So they were to play Saturday but now he won't be able to play. His team is 'Easy Does It' and he was looking forward to the game on Saturday."
Monica Bodden
"I am sure the guys from 'Easy Does It' is praying for Mykelt to get better."
Aunt of Mykelt Anthony
"Oh yes, his coach went to visit him yesterday and he will bring the players, if anything goes well, Saturday after the game. He will bring the 11 players to visit after the game Saturday,"
As we mentioned last night, Anthony is a star bowler for Belize's national cricket team. Last year July his team - Easy Does it of Lemonal won the Harrison Parks national cricket championship against 4-time champions, Brilliant Cricket Club of Crooked TREE.
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