Investigators Reviewing Belmopan Market Surveillance Footage  

Reporters caught up with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams earlier today. He was asked if police have established a motive for the shooting. ComPol Williams explained that the accused claims that the family tried to poison him and that his claims are still being investigated. ComPol Williams also revealed that investigators have gathered surveillance footage from the market that is proving to be helpful.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“Police have interviewed a number of persons in respect to that matter and we are trying to see how we can come up with a definitive motive. From what we have gathered so far from persons who were in the immediate area when the shooting happened is that the accused person arrived at the market, had a discussion with the family who he eventually targeted, where he accused them of allegedly poisoning him. We have also learnt that the victims had rented a house as the accused do owns an Airbnb rental and the victims had rented a house from him for a period of six months. They left that house in January and moved to the Agua Viva area. He was saying that at the time when they rented that house, they were trying to poison him and that is why they were targeted. We are still trying to put the pieces together. We have gathered several statements and we have obtained some video footages that is helping the investigation pretty good. So, the accused was immediately detained by the police and the weapon used was also detained by police. So we have a good case going forward.”

 

Paul Lopez

“Do you know how long the detainee was living in Belize?”

 

Chester Williams

“He was here for quite a number of years, from 2010 to 2011 thereabout, because a check of our records shows he got a gun license in 2012. So he would have had to be here before 2012.”