Now although Castillo was the only person killed in the city after the Shiny slaying, as we said, two others were shot. Sometime around 9 pm on Saturday, 27 year old Justin Belgrave and 24 year old Venario Taka were shot in different locations. One incident occurred by Berger Field on Vernon Street and the other occurred on Glynn Street heading towards Euphrates Avenue. So with the pair of shooting happening just hours after the Dangriga execution of Shiny Tillett, were these related? Again the Deputy Southside Commander was cagey:
Sr. Supt. Alden Dawson, Dep. OC, Eastern Division South
"Justin Belgrave, a 27 year old who was at a shop on Vernon Street, had heard shots being fired. He ran and later realized he got shot in his groin genital area."
Jules Vasquez
"What time was that?"
Sr. Supt. Alden Dawson, Dep. OC, Eastern Division South
"That was after 9."
Jules Vasquez
"Was that a retaliation for the murder in Dangriga?"
Sr. Supt. Alden Dawson, Dep. OC, Eastern Division South
"Again, there's none of these shootings where we have concrete link to retaliation to the incident in Dangriga."
Jules Vasquez
"And then we had one more shooting other than the Justin Belgrave on Saturday night?"
Sr. Supt. Alden Dawson, Dep. OC, Eastern Division South
"We had the shooting of a young man, Venaro Taka who was a 24 year old Belizean. He was riding his bicycle on Glen Street towards Euphrates Avenue when he heard a shot fired. The young man who was riding behind him in the same direction, realized that after the shots were fired, 3 of the shots caught him; one to his arm and two to his knees."
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