A man remains hospitalized after he was shot near the northern border attempting to flee from customs and police. Jomarie Lanza found out more about this story today:
A contraband crossing gone wrong at the northern border escalated into a shootout between customs and a resident of Chan Chen village. 32 year old Elmer Keme was reportedly driving his green pickup truck from the Santa Rosa river bank when he encountered MIT personnel and customs conducting operations in the area. A police officer had yelled out to Keme to stop but instead he picked up speed and drove off. Police then began to fire shots at the truck, which led him to swerve off into some bushes and come to a stop.
Keme then exited the vehicle and attempted to run off but police intercepted him. That's when they realized that Keme was bleeding from his head and shoulder area and so they rushed him to the Corozal community hospital. ACP Romero gave us more details today.
ACP Hilberto Romero, OC Eastern Division
"On Saturday the 9th day of March 2024 Corozal police visited the hospital where they found Elmer Keme with gunshot injuries to the head. Investigations reveal that Keme was driving a ford pickup vehicle in the Santa Rosa area of Corozal when he eluded police and tried to run down one of the officers who was doing a checkpoint there after shots were fired and the veil or came to a stop and Keme was observed with a gunshot injury and was taken for treatment and inside the vehicle police found several items of custom goods."
Since the incident Keme's family has made several pleas on facebook requesting financial assistance for his medical bills. He is now in Chetumal and they claim that he is in need of a surgery.
Keme was taken to Chetumal and may have to go to Playa Del Carmen to determine if doctors will removes the bullet that is still lodged in his body.
