And in Belmopan, yesterday we told you about a man who was murdered in front of his brother. It happened early in the morning, and initial reports said that Solomon Coleman was shot by a man on a bicycle. However, today, the ComPol said the shooter was in a vehicle, and that there was a struggle for the firearm. And he added that though the incident was caught on camera, they are unable to identify the suspect.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"In Belmopan that murder is a very complicated one, we're still trying to ascertain exactly what happened. What we know is that the group of persons, family, were drinking in a particular area and they may have left to go and purchase additional alcohol and on the way to do so, they were approached by a vehicle, a lone gunman came out of the vehicle with a shotgun, him and the deceased had a struggle, during the struggle the gun went off, and the deceased was shot fatally. We have viewed several surveillance footage in the area and we are still not able to get a good lead because the gunman had on a mask so at this time we don't know who the gunman is but we're still trying to see what we can get."
Courtney Menzies:
"Is the victim, he's not from Belmopan, right?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"He's originally from Punta Gorda."
Courtney Menzies:
"And he was visiting?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"I would want to think so yes."
Courtney Menzies:
"So is it likely that maybe he wasn't the intended target?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"I don't see why he would not be. The way it occurred, it appeared that the family, or him were the intended target."
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