Tuesday April 19th
A series of shootings in Belize City has left 3 young men hospitalized and one dead. The first occurred on Friday night. At around 8, police responded to calls of a shooting incident on Penn Road in Belize City. They found 16 year old Leon Usher suffering from gunshots to the left arm and left side of his chest. He underwent surgery at the KHMH and is listed as critical but stable. He has told police that he was walking in an alley that separates Penn Road and Fairweather Street when he was approached by a man who pulled out a gun and shot him. He says do doesn't know who shot him.
Meanwhile, police are investigating another shooting incident, and this one occurred on Albert Street. Sometime around 8:30 yesterday police were called out to an area near South Side Meat Market on Albert Street West where they found 21 year old Phillip Brannon and 28 year old Kareem Fuller suffering from gunshots. They told police that they were in the area when a white tinted vehicle passed by. Gunmen from inside the vehicle fired at the young men hitting Brannon to the right ankle and Fuller to the left ankle and buttock.
The third shooting happened last night at 11:45 pm, when 22 Ordel Duncan was shot six times to his body with a nine millimeter pistol. Duncan was walking through the hutment area near Pickstock Street when two men wearing masks approached him. One of the men then pulled out a handgun and fired 12 shots at close range. He was taken to the KHMH where he died early this morning.
