Russel Reyes Recovering from Gunshot

Hilberto Romero

Police say that a man who was shot on Tuesday night around ten-thirty in Belize City is recovering in the hospital. According to Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, no one has been detained for the shooting of Russell Reyes.

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch

“Police visited the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital where they found twenty-three-year-old Russell Reyes, a Belizean butcher of Belize City, with a single gunshot to the right arm. Investigation revealed that Russell Reyes was riding his bike on Dolphin Street around ten-twenty p.m. when he heard a single gunshot and he realized he had been shot to the right arm. Investigation is ongoing into this case and no one is in custody reference this shooting incident.”