Retaliatory Shooting Follows Santa Elena Drug Related Murder

San Ignacio police are monitoring criminal gangs in the western twin towns closely after the murder of Ricky Dawson Jr. on Friday night.

Police say it was drug-related, and there was a suspected retaliatory shooting last night near the Hawkesworth bridge where a vehicle was shot at and a minor seated in the back was grazed.

One main suspect in the murder has been detained on ammunition charges, following a discovery in the Hot Point Area of Santa Elena Town. According to police, he was found in possession of five live.40-caliber rounds, four of them, hollow-points.

In other police news, police are also currently on the lookout for 27-year-old Luis Ku from the Corozal District, who is wanted for questioning.