When reporters asked Police Commissioner, Chester Williams, about it on Friday, he said, “At this time I don’t have much. I know that police in Belize City were called earlier this morning of that incident, and they responded they were following some leads looking for some persons of interest. I’m not sure if they found those persons, so I would want to think that maybe by this evening Ms. Hortence can provide some update to you all on that matter.”

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According to reports, early that morning the station manager, Michael Brown, was preparing to open for business when two masked men arrived on a motorcycle. The suspects, wearing dark blue jackets with “police” written on the back and camouflage pants, approached Brown under the pretence of needing assistance with the air hose.

As Brown went to retrieve the air hose, they pushed him inside, with one of the men pulling out a firearm and demanding money while the other guarded the door.

Brown was forced into the station’s office at gunpoint and ordered to open the safe. The robbers escaped with a significant amount of cash, Brown’s personal .38 pistol, and the gas station’s Hard Disc Recorder used for surveillance footage. They fled on their motorcycle towards Cemetery Road.