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”Sonny” Slain By Friend
posted (October 3, 2017)
Back in Belize City, another confrontation among friends has led to the second city murder for this week. 29 year old Dorian Sutherland also known as Sonny was gunned down and killed yesterday evening around 5:00 in Lake Independence. Our news team was out on the scene and yesterday, police gave us a briefing on the information they had so far.

Well, tonight we have more details for you on why a father of 2 was executed. Courtney Weatherburne reports.

Courtney Weatherburne reporting
The blaring horn may have muffled this woman's sobs and screams but it could never block out the reality that her boyfriend's dead body was being carted away in the pan of a police truck.

Dorian Sutherland was shot and killed yesterday evening around 5:00 in Lake Independence.

According to eyewitnesses, Sutherland was hanging out with friends at this La Croix Boulevard car wash as he usually does. But there was some misunderstanding and one of his friends shot him. Information is that Sutherland bolted down Linda Vista Street …all the way down this alley to get away from the gunman.

Sutherland collapsed here in front of this house - trying to call out for help and hold on to life.

Sutherland's girlfriend was one of the first to see him splayed in the dirt.

Voice of: Common Law Wife
"I see he had one head shot blood all over his face, shirt like pants halfway like he was running, his shirt is way up here like he was running, he looks like he was gasping for air."

Sutherland's girlfriend says he never mentioned that he had any conflict with anyone, let alone any of his friends.

Voice of: Common Law Wife
"The last time I saw him was Wednesday and he did not tell me anything, he did not tell me nothing and I don't know why usually we would talk about things but he did not tell me nothing."

And it might have been that silence that led to his death - or just a spree of the moment argument with that friend. But what is certain is that her life partner and the father of her 2 young kids is gone.

Voice of: Common Law Wife
"Love me, love my kids through everything, everything, he stick side of me and he let me know "I will never leave my side, I will never leave mama side. He said I will try my best, he said I will work hard, I will work hard just so I could come back home babe and I tell him once prove to me that you are willing to do that I do not mind riding with you, I told him you know I am riding with you. 4 years we are together and it doesn't matter what we go through we do not leave each other's side until that day which was yesterday and I just wanted to be there for the last time even if I had blood on me I just wanted to hold him for the last time."

Sutherland leaves behind 2 kids - one 4 months old, the other 3 years old. Reports are that Sutherland had been released from police custody at the Raccoon street station shortly before the shooting. In terms of the incident that led to the deadly shooting - a police camera is in the area and it should have captured the homicide. We will keep following this case.

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