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Shooting in St, Margaret’s
posted (June 8, 2020)
We report now on a shooting incident in St. Margaret's Village, Cayo, which happened last Friday night at around 8:30.

25-year-old Roberto Diaz Jr., a village councilor of St. Margarets, was standing in front of a store when he was ambushed by 2 men wearing masks and peak caps. Today, police told us that they are looking for the assailants who shot Diaz in the right shoulder and the left leg:

ACP Joseph Myvette - Head, NCIB
"I will want to start with the shooting in St. Margaret's on Friday, where sometime after 8:30 p.m., Belmopan police were called to the St. Margaret's Village area on the Hummingbird Highway. [That's] where they met one Juan Diaz, 25-year-old, with apparent gunshot injuries."

"He was immediately transported to the Western Regional Hospital, where he was treated and is in a stable condition. What the police know is that Juan Diaz, along with 2 other persons, was standing in front of an establishment which was closed, within the same village, when 2 male persons, wearing masks and peak caps, passed, one of whom fired several shots in their direction, which caught Juan Diaz. He has no suspects at this time as to why anyone would want to cause harm to him. And I must say also that he is known to the police."

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