A man has been detained for robbing and shooting a Cayo taxi driver.
21-year-old Jerison Ramirez, a taximan of Santa Elena town was shot to the legs and upper back on Saturday night by a gunman posing as a fare.
It happened at about 8:15 when Ramirez and his wife were flagged down on the Bullet Tree Road by a man who asked to be taken to Santa Elena.
They turned at the junction of Branch Mouth Road in an effort to get change for the passenger's fifty dollar bill. That's where his passenger held him at gunpoint - and shot were fired in a struggle that ensued. We got more details on the incident yesterday from ACP Joseph Myvette.
ACP Joseph Myvette -Head NCIB
"Police were called to the San Ignacio Community Hospital on a Saturday sometime around 9:30 p.m. where they met and spoke with one Jerrison Ramirez, a Taxi driver who reported to police that whilst himself and his common-law wife were traveling on the bullet tree road they were waved down by a Hispanic male passenger wearing a white long sleeve shirt and khaki pants who they stopped for and he indicated to them that he wanted to go to Santa Elena, as a result, they then took the direction of the New Bridge and before reaching the Bridge the passenger inquired if they had change for a fifty dollars Belize to which the taxi driver responded no, as a result, he was then requested to go into Branch Mouth Road and just about that time of doing so he became suspicious and brought his car to a stop. This was when the male person pulled out a firearm and a struggle ensued between himself and the Taxi driver, in the process, the Taxi driver received several gunshot injuries but he was able to disarm that male person. At this point, the police are looking for the main subject in relation to this investigation."
The alleged curplrit a Guatemalan is detained tonight and should be charged tomorrow.
Ramirez was only grazed by the shots, luckily.
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