Three Men Escape Bullets During New Year Shooting

In the early hours of New Year’s Day, three men had a close call with a gunman but were lucky to escape with their lives. Around three a.m., eighteen-year-old Anwar Smith from Cet Site, twenty-two-year-old Jody Ortiz from Western Pines, and Dennis Aranda were hanging out in a yard on Linda Vista Street in Belize City when a white vehicle approached from La Croix Boulevard. Suddenly, a gunman opened fire on the group. The men were rushed to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment, but remarkably, they only sustained minor injuries as the bullets had merely grazed them. Police are still investigating the incident.