At approximately 1700 EST, initial reports indicated that four people were shot in Belmopan Marketplace in Belmopan, Belize. At 1900, local media clarified the number of victims: one child and their adult mother from the Netherlands were gunned down.
According to Channel 5 Belize:
”Police Commissioner Chester Williams has confirmed that two people were murdered earlier this afternoon in a shocking shooting in Belmopan City. The incident happened at the Belmopan Market Day Plaza at around three o’clock. ComPol Williams confirmed that an adult and a child were fatally shot.
The shooter is in police custody. A picture shows him shackled and sitting on the floor of the police station. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the shooter is Haitian-American. The victims are from the Netherlands. Police are investigating the motive.”
Eyewitness reports that the suspect ran down the street and deliberately shot the mother and child in a targeted attack.
This is developing.
