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House Party Ends in Murder
posted (September 30, 2019)
A house party on Coney drive ended early Saturday morning with one man murdered and another shot. Jebran Wagner was killed in front of his girlfriend and two others at the Northside party. Tonight, questions remain as to the reason he may have been targeted - because his stepfather was executed just two months ago. Cherisse Halsall reports:

Cherisse Halsall reporting
They called him the life of the party, and indeed 21 year old Jebran Wagner, known as Suku was living it up at a party on Coney Drive on Saturday night.

He was only taking a break to catch the air with his girlfriend when two men entered the yard they were standing in, and fired 8 shots at Wagner killing him. Today his uncle expressed his confusion over his nephew's death off camera. He says Jebran also known as "Suku" was a friendly person who had never harmed anyone.

Voice of: Uncle of Jebran Wagner
"I don't know why they kill Suku. Suku is my nephew and Suku come to Belize City through me. About 4-5 years ago when I found out Suku was my nephew he started to come and he never picked up a gun and hurt anyone or do anyone anything. He plays football and he like to dance - just friendly person, so I don't know why they gunned him down like that. To me he is an angel. Since I got to meet him, I hadn't seen him pick up a gun or do anyone anything."

But was this a deliberate execution?

Voice of: Uncle of Jebran Wagner
"Well the way how that happened, the amount of shots they say he took, they maybe paid to kill him, because it's someone that came facey to a party. It was direct to him. The other person that got shot was beside of him four of them were together at the same spot, but the person went direct to where Suku was and they say the yard was dark. Someone must inform them to go to a dark yard and to him. Sombody must have paid to hurt Suku, or due to he is an affiliate of Majestic Alley where he hangs out sometime and that is the reason why."

Back in July Jebran Wagner's step-father was killed in a similar fashion. That murder happened in the parking lot of the Southern regional hospital. He was thrown on a gurney and hauled into the emergency room but died shortly after.

The theory on that murder goes that Nasario was targeted by players in the Narco world. So, then, might Jebran Wagner's death be somehow connected to his stepfather's? His uncle says no.

Cherisse Halsall, reporter
"So it doesn't have anything to do with his step father?"

Voice of: Uncle of Jebran Wagner
"At the time with that thing with Suku step-father he was in Belize City at me, so how does it have anything to do with his stepfather? I don't know."

And although he may have hung out in Majestic Alley this uncle stresses that Wagner was not a criminal but a talented happy go lucky young man and a loving father.

Voice of: Uncle of Jebran Wagner
"Jebran had two kids, a daughter and a son. Suku 21 years old. I think his birthday is the 23rd December. Suku was a young and vibrant young man where everybody like and you see it on the posts. Suku likes to clown himself, dance, and that's about it with Suku. He is not going around shooting anyone or rob anyone. He plays football with Caezar Ridge. The last time I took Suku at the park where Shyne had his music fest and Suku had sung 2-3 songs and ended up winning $2,000. So at the end of the day Sku had talent in different fields, but not in that violent way for them to come and brutally murder him like that. We as the immediate family is leaving it in God's hands, because he is not sleeping."

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