And while that is today's murder...last week Thursday, the killing came out of a wild shootout at the Conchell Bay Fish Market. There was a spray of gunfire in the busy market place on Thursday evening, and when the shooting ended, 26 year-old Windell Gibson Jr. was found dead, and Karron Santos was injured.
Well, police have arrested and charged 2 men for that shooting. They are 26 year-old Orlando Salazar and 21 year-old Joel Choco, and tonight, they are at the Belize Central Prison. They were arraigned jointly on the charges of murder and attempted murder before Acting Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Because of the nature of the offenses, Acting Chief Magistrate Frazer couldn't grant them any bail this morning, and she remanded them to the Belize Central Prison until October 30.
This evening in a press briefing, Police Southside Commander Marco Vidal shared details on the quick arrests of these 2:
Sr. Supt. Mark Vidal, OC, Southside Commander
"Following the incident immediately the special assignment team launched an operation to apprehend the two suspects and they were found a couple hours thereafter. Between that time and the morning, CIB was able to put all the necessary or carried out their due diligence and the following day they were arrested and charged in the late evening."
Reporter
"What was the motive?"
Sr. Supt. Mark Vidal, OC, Southside Commander
"It appears to have been some retaliation as a result of a previous incident that occurred 2 days prior."
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