Man Shot Dead on Verandah

A gunman dressed entirely in black climbed over a fence in Belize City on Friday night and shot a 27-year-old man dead as he sat on the verandah of a house on Central American Boulevard.

The victim is Jory Bowden of #11 Pelican Street.

Police say Bowden was sitting on the verandah of the residence at #26 C.A. Boulevard when the lone gunman approached from the direction of Antelope Street.

Shortly after 9:10 p.m., police received information that a man had been shot and taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH). Officers went to the address, where they found expended shell casings and a pool of blood in the yard.