And this morning, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood provided a detailed briefing of the crime telling the Press that Cowo's killer is thought to have had some long-standing issue with his victim.
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department
"Sometime around 4pm, police received information that one, Aldo Cowo, 28 years, was seated with his mother and a five-year-old child. They were in a conversation when a lone gunman came out of some bushes behind their house, fired a single shot behind Aldo Cowo that caught him in the head. Cowo died on the spot. He was transported to the Corozal Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead and now awaits a post-mortem. This person was described to the police to a certain extent. We are hoping that based on that description, police would be able to detain the culprit behind this one, the orchestrator of this crime and hopefully we will be able to bring some closure to that family. Clearly, he was the intended target and we understand that it was from a shotgun, not a handgun, so clearly it was someone that had some sort of issue with the deceased."
Cowo's mother says that the killer, who tonight is still on the run, was dressed in camouflage and a warm cap at the time of the murder.
She also believes that he might be a distant family member of theirs.
