Police Officer Shot in Attempted Murder at Nightclub

A police officer was injured early this morning during an attempted murder at the Fire Night Club, located on Mile 11 Phillip Goldson Highway in Belize District.

Police reports indicate that at around 12:50 a.m., Corporal Manuel Chub and another police officer were conducting checks at the nightclub when they were alerted to a man on a motorcycle, armed with a firearm and a knife.

Chub approached the man and ordered him to raise his hands. When he did so, the suspect pulled out a 9mm pistol and fired multiple shots, injuring Chub. The suspect fled towards the Burrell Boom Junction, where police personnel from the Belize River Valley pursued him. During the chase, the suspect opened fire on the police vehicle, damaging the hood and windshield before he was eventually apprehended.

The suspect was identified as 36-year-old fisherman Stanley Flowers from Crooked Tree Village. Flowers was arrested after the chase, and a 9mm Smith and Wesson pistol, along with expended shells, was recovered.

Flowers suffered abrasions and was admitted to the hospital in stable condition, along with Chub.