All this week, Kevin Brown's name has been in the news. He's the 21 year old basketballer from Camalote village who was hit over the head in a brawl in San Pedro Town on Sunday night. While he recovers, police still have not arrested the man or men who beat him. It was a brawl on the island - all because of a bracelet. Tonight, for the first time we'll hear the account of an eyewitness - one of Brown's friends - who says that first there was a fight at the Luna Loca in San Pedro - that was the prelude to the bigger brawl. But the male witness fears for his safety, and so It's only a voice interview WHICH HE GAVE TO PLUS TV and his voice has been altered to mask his identity.
Voice of: Friend of Kevin Bowen
"One of those guys are accusing a next guy about some bracelet that was stolen. They already killed the vibes of the party and everybody just...you know, said, let us try to get out of this place."
"So after that we went in our golf cart and we had to drive to Banana resort. We didn't know if that's where they're staying, because like I said we weren't involved in that. So we drove up there after 9:00."
"So then one of the guys who was with me, he jumped out but when he jumped out - all of us got out off the car, and the guy hollered, see those guys there. My friend said, we don't have anything to do with that. We don't even know what you're talking about with a bracelet. We don't even need that. We aren't those kinds of people, you dig?"
"So the guy got hyped, liquor was already in him, so he got hyped, and he started walking to my friend. He didn't know any of those guys from Adam, first time he probably saw those guys."
"So the guy went to the front of me and I left him because when I stepped in front of him, he pushed me away. I don't know him, so I don't know what he would have done to me, so I stepped out of his way. You know? We aren't violent persons."
"I turn back and when I turned back, it looked like those guys were looking to start to fight. By the time I took a step over to see what was going on, I heard a guy say "bwai, bwai" - when I turned around all I could remember is seeing him drop, slow, slow, slow. And when I saw that I got crazy, you know? So I ran in and I knocked the guy, and when I knocked him, another hollered, that's my brother! So he fired a punch at me. When he fired a punch at me I dodged him. And then the same guy turned and hit me with the same...gone for my face too…with the same fire extinguisher. But I punched it down with my next hand. When I knocked it down now the whole crowd jumped me. And when they jumped me I dodged all of them and I ran around behind a hall and I hollered "boy what are you doing back here?"
"And he told me boy, Kevin is down! Then a guy came from nowhere and stamped him in his face, and when he stamped him in the face, they punched him. Then the whole crowd of ten men just rushed me. I ran to the gate, and I went to run back, and those girls grabbed me and told me Kevin isn't moving, Kevin isn't moving, go get help."
They got help and Kevin Brown was taken to the san Pedro polyclinic and then airlifted to Belize City still unconscious. But who did it? And did the Castro brothers play a role? Indeed this witness says he didn't know the men in the mob - but in a strange twist, they also gave the main culprit a ride from Luna Loca to Banana Beach - where he proceeded to beat their friend. Here's what this witness told police:
Voice of: Friend of Kevin Bowen
"Then I told him, I don't know any of those guys, but all in all I just know one guy and it's the dread guy who is always in the news, and only him I know out of the crowd, but I don't know what he did or what not, because at the same time, it's a big scuffle happening and I don't have time to be watching anyone's face, but if you show me a picture of the young boy that hit him I could show you that because it's him when I asked my friend, my friend said it's the same guy that we picked up. So if you show me...something Franklin, I don't even remember his first name"
Reports say that the person with the last name Franklin flew out of the country on Tuesday.
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