Caye Caulker Shooting Leads to Wild Pursuit

Police on Caye Caulker are trying to piece together a shooting that unfolded like a scene out of an island chase movie. Around eight-thirty Thursday night, gunshots shattered the calm on Parrot Fish Street. By the time officers arrived, a golf cart carrying three men sped off, kicking off a brief pursuit through the village. At one point, one of the passengers jumped off, ditched an object in a garbage drum, and hopped right back on as the chase continued. That trail led police straight to the Caye Caulker Health Center, where they found twenty‑two‑year‑old Dominic Castillo on the cart with a gunshot wound to the back. He received treatment at the clinic before being rushed to the KHMH for further care. Officers later recovered what that discarded “object” was, a nine‑millimeter Taurus pistol loaded with seven live rounds, and detained a twenty‑nine‑year‑old resident in connection with the weapon. Investigators also found seven spent shells and blood near Hawkbill Street, deepening the mystery of how this shooting actually unfolded.