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A teenager has been charged for shooting a woman and her pregnant daughter on Dolphin Street. As you saw in last night's news, Stephanie Smith and her pregnant daughter Shenelle Rolland were at home on Monday night when 2 men crept up from behind the house, and the other 2 came around the front, and one of the men opened fire hitting both Smith and Roland in their stomachs. Luckily for Rolland the bullet only grazed her belly and her unborn child is okay, but her mother wasn't that lucky – the bullet was lodged inside her stomach and she was hospitalized. Police say they are working hard to find all the men involved. So far they have charged 18 year old Devon Lopez. Today officer commanding Eastern Division South, senior Superintendent Chester Williams told us this shooting is related to Cleon "Tush" Smith's murder in Hattieville.

Sr. Supt. Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Division Southside

"The shooting on Dolphin Street, that shooting we are investigating it and we have arrested on person, one Devon Lopez who is from the Ghost town, the Ellis Meighan faction. He has been charged with 2 counts of attempted murder amongst other varying degree of crime. From what our investigation was telling us that is a direct retaliation in respect to the shooting death of Tush in Hattieville. So we are looking at that angle and see if there are other persons involved. We know for a fact that there is another young man who is involved, we know who the person is but we were not able to get any witness to put him on the spot so as a right of that we are able to press charges against the other person."

Courtney Weatherburne

"Sir in the first police report, you had Tyrone Meighan and 3 other minors detained, any connection with them at all?"

Sr. Supt. Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Division Southside

"The only connection is that the person who is charged is an associate of Tyrone Meighan, he hangs out in the Meighan's yard. But from our investigation it does not suggest that Tyrone Meighan was a part of the shooting but we are still doing our investigation to see if there was any degree of conspiracy or abetment as the case may be where they are concerned."

As you heard, they had only detained Tyrone Meighan for questioning because Lopez is an associate of Meighan's Gang. Devon Lopez was charged with 2 counts of "Attempted Murder", 2 counts of "Dangerous Harm", and 2 counts of Use of "Deadly Means of Harm". Today in court he was denied bail and remanded to the Belize Central Prison until February 26, 2016. Police say they have another man in custody but are still investigating his connection with the shooting. About 15 shots were fired at the house.