Belize City police are investigating a double murder that occurred last night near a basketball court in the Jane Usher Boulevard. The victims have been identified as thirty-six-year-old Troy Hyde and fifteen-year-old Lamisha Moody. The shooting happened at around 8:40 p.m. when a silver vehicle stopped nearby and one of the gunmen inside opened fire. Hyde and Moody were rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they died minutes later.
Hyde is a known street figure in the area. Moody was a student at Anglican Cathedral College.