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Man Murdered At Former Stash-House
posted (September 2, 2019)
A man was killed in the city this weekend - and it happened at a property that made the news as a stash house weeks ago.

On Friday night, it was a murder scene Cherisse Halsall reports:

Cherisse Halsall reporting
On Friday night at midnight former Coast Guardsman 25 year old Devaun Maskall had just gotten home to this house at mile four and a half on the Phillip Goldson highway where he was ambushed by a gunman:

Supt. Hilberto Romero, Crimes Investigation Branch
"On Saturday the 31st of August around midnight police responded to a shooting incident at mile 4 and a half on the Phillip Goldson highway upon arrival they found the lifeless body of Devaun Maskall 25 years Belizean of that said address. Information was obtained where it was revealed that around that time the deceased arrived at his house along with his girlfriend, when he was approached by a male person who pulled out a firearm and fired several shots at him. He received one gunshot and was pronounced dead on arrival at the KHMH. Several persons have been detained and interviewed however they had to be released as the case requires more investigation. One vehicle has been impounded reference the investigation."

If the house seems familiar; it should. It was a stash house for some large marijuana dealer. Six weeks ago there was a huge drug bust here where police came up with 58 pounds of high grade marijuana and over 12 thousand dollars in cash.

And now, it's a murder scene - but police had no answers to share with us today.

Maskall had recently moved to the area. It is unknown whether he has any connection to the previous residents, Lynroy Longsworth and Kenosha Beaton who were arrested and charged when the huge stash of weed was found in the house. Those two are currently on remand for drug trafficking.

We note that Maskall had been in the Coast Guard for about 9 years, and resigned earlier this year.

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