From Alleged Shooter to Shooting Victim 

A New Year’s morning shooting left a 21-year-old man injured in Belize City. Reports indicate that Shemar Gillett was shot in the left arm just before 5 o’clock in the morning while walking home. Initial investigation revealed that a vehicle suddenly stopped and opened fire on him while he was walking home.

Gillett was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), where he was treated for his injuries. Belize City police are urging anyone with information about the shooting or the vehicle involved to help with the investigation.

Meanwhile, two years ago, in 2022, instead of being shot at, Gillett was accused of being the shooter and was remanded to prison at the age of 18 related to a shooting incident in 2022, where Gillett was the alleged shooter, and faced two counts of using deadly means of harm and one count of wounding following an attack on Joanna and Anthony Parham. This shooting incident occurred on May 30, 2022, and caused damage to two vehicles. Reports were that gunshots were fired at the corner of Gibnut and Curassow Streets. Police say that Anthony Parham was the intended target.