Police Arrest Minor for Orange Walk Shooting

There was another shooting that occurred at the start of the weekend, this time in the Orange Walk District. It happened on Friday on the outskirts of the town, in Trial Farm Village. Luckily for the complainant and his family, no one was injured, and police say the gunman was a seventeen-year-old minor. The motive – an “old beef.”

 

A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division

“On Friday, the nineteenth day of July, 2024, police responded to a shooting incident at Trial Farm in the Orange Walk District. Upon their arrival, they met Julio Castillo, who reported he was at home when he heard several bangs.  Thereafter, he noticed that there were bullet holes on his front door. Thereafter he called the police. The police responded. An investigation was carried out.  Since then police have arrested and charged a seventeen-year-old minor for the crimes of aggravated assault and damage to property.”

 

Reporter

“And the motive?”

 

A.C.P. Hilberto Romero

“Some rivalry that they have with this person.”