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Friday Night Chopping
posted (December 2, 2019)
The cops are also trying to find out who chopped 30-year-old Julio Del Cid Jr. to the head in Belize City and why.

At around 8:45 on Friday night, the cops responded to reports of an incident in front of Publics Supermarket on Central American Boulevard. When they arrived they found Del Cid unconscious, bleeding from a chop wound to the left side of the head. He was rushed to the KHMH, where he is stable.

The police told us what they know today:

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"On Friday 29th, November 2019, around 8:45pm police responded to a report by Public's Supermarket in Belize City where they found Julio Del Cid, 30 years old, with a large chop wound to the head. He was taken to the KHMH where he received treatment. Information is that he was in that area when he was chopped by someone. We are conducting an investigation into this matter. He has since been released from the K.H.M.H."

Reporter
"Sir, did he indicate what led to that chopping?"

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"He is cooperating with us and a statement is being recorded and that will indicate what all transpired in that area."

Reporter
"So, you can't say if there was an argument or a drunken brawl that happened?"

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"No. We are working on that case right now."

Reporter
"Is he somebody that's known to police?"

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"Not that we know of, no."

The best information to police indicates that Julio Del Cid Jr. is a mechanic who resides on Lawrence Avenue in Belize City.

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