We start tonight’s newscast with unfortunate news of violence that has left another family in mourning. Early this morning, the peaceful rural community of Double Head Cabbage Village was shattered by the murder of Aaron Lindo, a father of two. Lindo had just left home and was walking with his mother-in-law, Jonelle Bood, when attackers ambushed him. News Five’s Marion Ali brings us the latest on this tragic incident.
Just after six o’clock, the tranquil morning in Double Head Cabbage Village was violently interrupted by the sound of gunshots. Residents were jolted awake by the echo of eight shots fired on a dirt road leading to the main thoroughfare. Thirty-six-year-old Aaron Lindo was walking along this road with Jonelle Bood, his girlfriend’s mother, when they were ambushed. According to Bood, two men emerged from the bushes. One of them opened fire on Lindo, while the other stood watch. The attackers’ faces remained hidden, leaving the community in shock and fear.
Voice of: Jonelle Bood, Mother-in-law of Deceased
“They just come from behind and just open fire by him and he drop on his face and then he was finish ah. We was going to the main to catch the bus out there in the front there. I usually wait for him mek he catch the bus before I go to my work.”
Today was supposed to be just another day for Aaron Lindo and Jonelle Bood as they walked down a familiar dirt road. But fate had other plans and neither arrived at their destination. The attack was swift and calculated. Despite the precision of the ambush, Bood recalls that Lindo never mentioned feeling threatened. The community is left grappling with the sudden and deliberate violence that shattered their morning peace.
Voice of: Jonelle Bood
“Nothing, nothing that I know of.”
“Soh ih neva come and seh, yoh know..”
Voice of: Jonelle Bood
“Nothing. Whatever he have, he never tell tell we nothing. So I nuh know. Up to now I still eena shock.”
Aaron Lindo, who had made Double Head Cabbage Village his home for the past five years, was on his way to catch a bus to Belize City when tragedy struck. Lindo, a father of two, had settled into village life, but his work took him to the Lake Independence area. Jonelle Bood, his girlfriend’s mother, knew little about his life outside the village. However, another villager revealed that Lindo commuted to Belize City for work.
Voice of: Villager
“Ih heng, ih work – I nuh know if ih work – weh part ih work I do not know, but I know he work back ah Saint Martin’s, some part ah Martin’s ih heng. But he work, ih come home to ih family every day. He goh da morning; ih come back da evening, da night.”
A.C.P. Hilberto Romero announced that the village patrol will be strengthened with additional officers to ensure the community’s safety.
A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division
“This morning around 6:45 AM police responded to a shooting at Double Head Cabbage. Upon arrival, they saw the lifeless body of a male person identified as that of Aaron Lindo, 36 years, with several gunshot injuries. Information is that Lindo was walking to catch a bus in the area along with two other persons when two male persons came out of the bushes and they fired several shots at him. We have the River Valley Patch Patrol and yes, I think an additional patrol will be placed in that area.”
His family and the entire community are reeling from the tragic loss. Lindo, remembered as a loving family man, leaves behind two children and a heartbroken village grappling with the senseless violence that took his life.
Voice of: Villager
“The guy is a very nice guy. He very dedicated to his family.”
Police are yet to make an arrest for the killing. Marion Ali for News Five.