Paralysed Teen Killed in Shooting

Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another injured on Rivero Street in Belize City’s Southside on Sunday night. The victim who died is 18-year-old Trayson Gibson. He was shot in the back and died at the scene.

The second victim, Adrian Welch, was injured and taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Gibson had been paralysed because of a previous shooting in 2022 when he was 15. In that incident, Gibson was shot multiple times at his home while watching TV with his brother. The shooter entered through the backdoor, fired at Trayson, and fled, leaving him with injuries that caused permanent paralysis.This is a developing story.