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Police Find Suspected Truck Used In Camalote Double Murder
posted (May 4, 2016)

Police have found the grey truck and the weapon they suspect was used in the Sunday’s Camalote double murder. They found both in Belize City. As we told you, Akeem Thimbrel and Shawn Lopez were both shot up near Thimbrel's home in Camalote on Sunday night. Akeem had just come from visiting family members when he met his cousin and close friend Shawn Lopez. Lopez was drunk and Thimbrel was taking him home when gunmen pulled up in a truck and opened fire on them. Now, as we told you, neither Thimbrel nor Lopez were the targets. The hit was reportedly sent for a friend who lives close to where the young men were shot. Residents say that the girl who is in police custody is the one who sent the hit. That is after a confrontation she, her boyfriend and the intended target had earlier that Sunday. The girl, her boyfriend and the suspected shooter are detained.  

Now, that is only one element to the story, the communities’ pain and outrage after the murder of these boys is still simmering. So much so that the police will meet with the Camalote Chairman and residents tomorrow to avoid any other retaliatory acts. We say ‘other’ because as we told you, a group of angry residents torched a vehicle, which they say, belongs to the person who sent the hit. Yesterday Belmopan police told us about their community approach.

Supt. Howell Gillet, OC, Belmopan
"We could always suspect that they could continue on that path if they are of the belief still that these two people were responsible or assisted in the demise of these two people but what we're doing, we're doing a number of things. I am in dialogue with the chair person for that village and I believe its tomorrow we are going out there to meet with the people of that area of Camalote to try to allay their fears and also to update them on the progress of the investigation. So we'll be doing a meet and great I believe tomorrow it is and then also we will have the chairperson along with us to see how we could deescalate tensions that that currently exist in that village."

In terms of the investigation, police still have to test and confirm if the vehicle and gun they found are the ones used in the hit. No one has been charged as yet. We will keep following this case.

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