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Coast Guard Officer Arzu Shot In The Head
posted (October 24, 2016)
There was a shooting in Belize City which has landed one man in the hospital tonight. The victim has been identified by his family to us as Daniel Arzu, a Coast Guard Officer.

The incident happened in the vicinity of Penn Road. According to the sister-in-law of the victim, who preferred to remain anonymous recounted what transpired in what she says was a fraction of a minute:

VOICE OF: Sister-in-law
"My brother and I, who was a coast guard, we were in the house. I was on the chair watching a movie and my brother was sleeping when I heard my brother in law vehicle came, I knew the sound of it because he stays here. When he was coming inside I saw his face turn towards the door because he was talking to somebody but I thought it was the guy who comes to collect rent but it wasn't him. When I looked up I saw a tall dark skin man come in the house but I didn't see his face because I saw him point a gun down. When he point the gun, I saw my brother trample back way to get a stance back and I horridly woke up my other brother who was in the chair. That was when I heard the shots start to go off in the house, so we ran in the bathroom and we locked the door but we still heard shots being fired. The same time I was trying to call control but I started to panic so then I heard somebody knocking on the bathroom door. It was my cousin who is police and lived next door. He asked me what was happening and I said 'somebody just came in shooting in the house and shot my brother in law'. When I came outside I saw my brother in law leaning over the chair with his head up and I could see stuff like shots in his head. I ran outside when the rest of police came over and they stopped a pick up that was passing so they could hurry take him to the hospital."

Reporter
"Do you recall more or less how many shots were fired?"

VOICE OF: Sister-in-law
"Like maybe 3 or 4."

Reporter
"Did you manage to see what kind of weapon the person came in with?"

VOICE OF: Sister-in-law
"No, all I know is that it was a gun, I didn't know what kind it was. I just saw it and broke away because the way how I was, I could have easily gotten shot as well."

We will have a much more detailed story on our subsequent newscast.

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