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Bodden also discussed those incidents:

Sr. Supt. Sandra Bodden, Southern Regional Commander
"Police visited the Punta Gorda hospital where they observed two male persons with gunshot injuries. They were identified as Ulalio Chiac and Seferino Cho. Information revealed that both men were walking home in the Columbia Village after socializing when they were fired upon by one Robert Chen. Chen is the nephew of Ulalio Chiac with whom he had a misunderstanding previously. Chen has not been detained and investigation into this matter continues. Also on the 25th of February about 10:55 am information was received that shots were fired in the Central Park area in Punta Gorda town. Police responded where they saw two male persons who were riding on separate bicycles in that area. The male persons were identified as Adwane Usher 27 years and Albert Valentine also 27 years old both Belizean nationals. The information gathered is that Usher and Valentine both had firearms. Usher pulled his firearm and fired in the direction of someone but his gun snapped. Valentine then fired 3 shots towards the same person but he missed but no one was injured in that incident and police have since recovered one of the firearms and both Valentine and Usher are awaiting charges also."