Police have no leads nor motive in Roy Gilbert Lord's murder. He was the well-known Lords Bank resident who was executed on Monday night in Belize City. Lord was on his way to pick up his girlfriend from work, when a gunman pulled up on him. Police gave us the official report at the bi-weekly press briefing.
ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City
"On Monday, February 18th, 2019, just before midnight police visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they observed Roy Gilbert Lord, thirty-one years of age, a Belizean of Lord's Bank area, Ladyville Village. He was seen with gunshot injuries to his body. Initial information is that the police received was that Mr. Lord was walking on Wilson Street heading towards Marine Parade Boulevard when a dark in colour vehicle drove beside him, stopped a few feet away from him and a male person exited from the front passenger side and chased Mr. Lord, firing several shots in his direction, causing the abovementioned injuries. Mr. Lord unfortunately passed away at five a.m. on Tuesday morning."
Reporter
"What is your investigation telling you insofar as either a motive or Mr. Lord's reason for being in that area at the time?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"What we understand is that Mr. Lord was going for his girlfriend that works in that vicinity and he had just left from his residence on New Road and up to now we cannot establish a direct motive as nothing was stolen from him. As a result of that, one person was detained, he was questioned and he had to be released because there was no linkage with that crime."
Lord leaves behind 2 sons: a 9 year-old and a 3 year-old.
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