When police pulled up four minutes later, Nunez Castellanos was lying face down on the ground. Police rushed him to the San Ignacio Community Hospital where he died 45 minutes later. Pictures of the scene show the bullet holes in the flooring and on a chair.

Bethancourt rushed himself to the nearby Loma Luz hospital seeking treatment for his chop wound - which nearly severed his hand between the wrist and the elbow. Police have since taken possession of his licensed firearm. Investigators are taking statements and waiting for the advice of the DPP - since the report of the man who survived suggests that it is a case of self defence.

And while the police report frames it as a case of self defense, we note that eyewitnesses in the restaurant say that Jose Nunez Castellanos may have been caught off guard by Betancourt's gunshots. The deadly dispute - they tell us - centers over a petty disagreement Bethancourt's mother had with Nunez Castellanos. They were allegedly arguing about whether or not he had forced himself on her with a kiss a week earlier. She was insulted and called her son Nevis to her defence, and that's when he pulled up, and the violent encounter erupted.