Breaking: Shooting in Belize City this afternoon

Published by BBN Staff at January 3, 2017

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Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017. 2:57 p.m. CST.

By BBN Staff: Reports reaching our newsroom is that a man was shot a short while ago near Belize Waste Control on the George Price Highway in Belize City.

The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Randolph Johnson also known as “Tunups” of the Lake Independence area in Belize City.

Information to BBN is that Johnson was with a group of men fishing when one gunman emerged and shot him twice to the back.

A source has told BBN that the victim’s life had been threatened one week before his death.

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