Right now Belize City Southside Police have two murder investigations ongoing - plus they have to find those four guns stolen from the City Council.
The murders are those of Victor Garnett who was slain in the street last week, and Alwayne Cherrington who was murdered in his house on Holy Saturday.
And, the four nine millimeter pistols were stolen from the special constable office at the Commercial Center between Tuesday and Wednesday.
We asked Southside commander Williams for an update on all three:...
Jules Vasquez
"Sir, any update on three things: Victor Garnett, Alwayne Cherrington, 4 guns stolen, 55 rounds?"
ACP Chester Williams, Pushing on with curfew
"Those investigations are still ongoing. As it relates to the murder of Victor Garnett, we have a 15 year old in custody that we are investigating. We have not reached that stage yet where we believe that we can make an arrest, but we are hoping that pretty soon we will get there. As it relates to Mr. Cherrington's murder, we also have a person in custody of interest that we are interviewing and see how that investigation will develop. And as it relates to the firearms that were missing at the city hall, we are looking at that investigation. We still have people in custody that we are interviewing to see if we can get to the bottom of it as to what actually took place in the city hall. But it is a very disturbing situation and we do need to locate those firearms and get them off the streets and we are doing our best to see how we can do that."
Jules Vasquez
"Were the special constables involved, at least one of them?"
ACP Chester Williams, Pushing on with curfew
"We do not want to say that they were involved, but at this time they are all being treated as suspects."
The person or persons who stole the four pistols did not use forced entry to get into the commercial center - suggesting that they had one of the many keys in circulation.
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