Curassow Street Shooting Caught on Police Camera

Police made progress this weekend on two major cases, starting in Belmopan, where investigators secured a breakthrough arrest in last week’s double murder, and continuing in Belize City, where a late‑night gun attack on Curassow Street left one man hospitalized and investigators reviewing surveillance footage for answers. Tonight, they’re still trying to pin down a motive. Here’s what police had to say.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“The investigation commenced on Saturday 21st February at around eight o ‘clock p.m. when officers on patrol in the precinct one area were alerted to the signs of shots being fired in the vicinity of Curassow Street, Belize City. The officers were advised of the specific location of the incident, and upon the arrival of these officers, they witness Mr. Damion Dawson who was suffering an apparent gunshot wound to the body. Mr. Dawson was ferried to the hospital where he is listed in a stable condition and the scene was processed. Similarly, this incident was captured on police camera and those footages are now being reviewed with a view to advancing the ongoing investigation. No motive has been established in the shooting.”

 

Police say they’re analyzing the video closely as they try to uncover who fired the shot and what led up to it.

 

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