Fisherman Survives Shooting in Belize City

Gunfire erupted near the San Pedro Belize Express parking lot on North Front Street in Belize City over the weekend. The target of the attack, 32-year-old Akeem Smith, a fisherman from the Lake I area, was with three other men travelling along Haulover Creek toward the Swing Bridge when they spotted two men standing on a concrete deck behind the Musa & Balderamos Law Firm.

One of the men on the deck suddenly opened fire, releasing four to five shots in the direction of the boat.

Smith and his companions leapt into the creek, swimming toward City Hall on Regent Street to escape the hail of bullets. The boat captain later climbed back into the vessel and manoeuvred it away from the scene.

Smith sustained a graze wound to the head and was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.