Crooked Tree Resident Opens Fire on Police Outside Nightclub

A resident of Crooked Tree Village is in police custody, charged with attempted murder after a bold attack on law enforcement officers on Sunday night. The incident happened in front of Fire Nightclub on the Philip Goldson Highway, where Stanley Flowers was spotted with a firearm and knife. According to the police report, Corporal Manuel Chub was standing about four feet away from a light-skinned man with dreadlocks, wearing a white T-shirt and faded blue jeans. The man was on a blue and black Meilun motorcycle without a license plate. Chub instructed him to raise his hands, but instead, the man pulled out a silver and black 9mm pistol and fired several shots at Chub, injuring him. The shooter then sped off on the Philip Goldson Highway towards Burrell Boom junction. When he reached the junction, officers from the Belize River Valley chased him. The man fired at their vehicle, damaging the hood and windshield, but was eventually caught.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“Last night, sometime just before midnight, police received information of a male person inside the Eruption Nightclub compound who was armed with a firearm.  Based on that, a team of police officers, Corporal Chub and another police went to the area and upon entering the compound, they saw an individual fitting the description as was relayed to them.  They approached the individual and he took out a firearm and fired multiple shots at the vehicle.  The police were able to alight the vehicle and upon approaching him, he fired shots at Corporal Chub, hitting him four times.  Chub was rushed to the hospital and I must say that he has been treated and released.  He is in good health and good spirit at this time.  The individual, after having shot Corporal Chub, jumped on a motorcycle and made his way towards the Sand Hill area.  The Sand Hill police were notified and they proceeded towards Belize City with a view to see if they would be able to apprehend the individual.  And again, they encountered him on the highway and upon seeing the police mobile, he fired multiple shots at the police mobile, causing severe damages to that vehicle.  The police were able to knock him down with their vehicle off his motorcycle and he was eventually detained.  The firearm, a nine-millimeter pistol, was found on his person.  So he was also taken to the hospital for treatment and has also been treated and released and is now in the custody of the police awaiting charges.”