Young Man Murdered in Belize City 

A young man was gunned down on Tuesday night in Belize City. The victim has been identified as twenty-year-old Jahiem Fitzgibbon, a mechanic of La Croix Boulevard in the Lake Independence Area.

According to police, at around seven o’clock, the victim and his father, fifty-three-year-old Nimrod Fitzgibbon, were standing near a van on La Croix Boulevard when they were approached by an unknown gunman. The assailant pulled out a firearm and blasted several shots in the duo’s direction.

Jahiem was shot several times and was rushed to the K.H.M.H., where he succumbed to his injuries. His father was also injured and remains hospitalised.

At the scene, investigators recovered several expended shells and one live round of ammunition.