And in another shooting incident, this time in Caye Caulker, the accused made a desperate attempt to get rid of his weapon but police in hot pursuit, managed to locate the firearm, and a suspected drug-like substance. ASP Stacy Smith explained what happened.
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"Caye Caulker police have formally arrested and charged 29 year old Jovaun Moody for the offense of kept firearm without a gun license and kept ammunition without a gun license. These charges follow police's investigation into a shooting incident that occurred sometime around 8:45PM, on February 12th 2026 in the Bahia area of Caye Caulker. The responding officers reported that they were alerted to the sounds of shots being fired and upon approaching that area they observed a golf cart with 3 male occupants, which was speeding away from the scene of the incident. That golf cart was pursued and a male person later identified as Moody was observed throwing a firearm. Mr Moody was taken back to the location where the firearm was thrown and the firearm when inspected was learned to be a 9mm Taurus brand pistol which contained a magazine with 7 live rounds of 9mm ammunition. Moody was additionally charged for the offense of possession of controlled drugs after a search on his person led to the discovery of a ziplock bag which contained suspected cocaine. Also in the course of this investigation, police additionally recovered a.38 revolver with 3 live rounds of.38 caliber ammunition and from the scene of that incident, 7 expended shells were recovered. These firearms and ammunition as well as the expended shells have since been packaged and submitted to the national forensic and science services laboratory where testing will be conducted to see if they are related to the incident and that will also inform what if any additional charges will be brought against Mr Moody."
"What we have learned is that Mr Moody and the victim went to that area and it is believed that they went there with nefarious intentions and they were met with equal hostility."
