CHANNEL 5's Version
It was a chaotic scene at North Front Street this morning when two robbers jacked Accents Store which also serves as a collection agent for Belize Electricity Limited. When the shots rang out, passers-by scurried for cover and our news team who was on assignment on another story, was at the right place at the right time when the barrage of shots went off in the busy downtown area near the Swing Bridge. News Five captured on camera the terrifying ordeal at around ten thirty this morning. We warn that there are some explicit images of one of the youths, a minor, lying in a pool of his own blood with a severely injured leg after he was shot in a cross-fire with police. Three others were injured. News Five’s Marion Ali has a detailed report.
Marion Ali Reporting,
These were the raw sights and sounds our camera picked up from the vantage point of North Front Street approaching the Belize City Swing Bridge facing the junction with Hyde’s Lane at around ten thirty this morning. The blood seen on the steps in front of Accents Store is from one of the robbers who police say accidentally shot himself as he pulled out his weapon to commit the crime. He ran off leaving behind a trace of blood and remains at large. The other, a seventeen year old minor who allegedly stole over a thousand dollars from Accents Store and a customer inside the store. The customer, who was armed with a licensed handgun, exited the store and opened fire at the fleeing thief. One of the bullets hit him in one of his legs just as he was about to ride off and he was seen dropping his bicycle and running with the injured leg towards Hyde’s Lane. But patrolling police officers who were right around the corner on Queen Street and who had gotten a tip of the robbery, promptly responded and fired at the fleeing suspect, injuring the other leg. He collapsed just over the bridge near Bottom Dollar Store.robbery 4
Our attention was drawn to a first shot and we caught police pursuing the youth who dropped the bike and fled. As we replay the incident, you will notice the alleged robber dropping his beach cruiser in the middle of the street and fleeing over the bridge near Bottom Dollar. A media worker is seen here moving the bike out of the way to allow for the free flow of traffic.
Here is the gun of the apprehended youth allegedly carried. Here he is with two badly injured legs while paramedics prepare to take him to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.
A red cap, reportedly worn by his accomplice, lay on the ground and after the hail of bullets expended shells were all over the street. When it was over, all that was left were the robbers’ two bicycles and a crowd that stood in awe stunned at the brazen mid-morning hold up.
It was a chaotic scene at North Front Street this morning when two robbers jacked Accents Store which also serves as a collection agent for Belize Electricity Limited. When the shots rang out, passers-by scurried for cover and our news team who was on assignment on another story, was at the right place at the right time when the barrage of shots went off in the busy downtown area near the Swing Bridge. News Five captured on camera the terrifying ordeal at around ten thirty this morning. We warn that there are some explicit images of one of the youths, a minor, lying in a pool of his own blood with a severely injured leg after he was shot in a cross-fire with police. Three others were injured. News Five’s Marion Ali has a detailed report.
Marion Ali Reporting,
These were the raw sights and sounds our camera picked up from the vantage point of North Front Street approaching the Belize City Swing Bridge facing the junction with Hyde’s Lane at around ten thirty this morning. The blood seen on the steps in front of Accents Store is from one of the robbers who police say accidentally shot himself as he pulled out his weapon to commit the crime. He ran off leaving behind a trace of blood and remains at large. The other, a seventeen year old minor who allegedly stole over a thousand dollars from Accents Store and a customer inside the store. The customer, who was armed with a licensed handgun, exited the store and opened fire at the fleeing thief. One of the bullets hit him in one of his legs just as he was about to ride off and he was seen dropping his bicycle and running with the injured leg towards Hyde’s Lane. But patrolling police officers who were right around the corner on Queen Street and who had gotten a tip of the robbery, promptly responded and fired at the fleeing suspect, injuring the other leg. He collapsed just over the bridge near Bottom Dollar Store.robbery 4
Our attention was drawn to a first shot and we caught police pursuing the youth who dropped the bike and fled. As we replay the incident, you will notice the alleged robber dropping his beach cruiser in the middle of the street and fleeing over the bridge near Bottom Dollar. A media worker is seen here moving the bike out of the way to allow for the free flow of traffic.
Here is the gun of the apprehended youth allegedly carried. Here he is with two badly injured legs while paramedics prepare to take him to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.
A red cap, reportedly worn by his accomplice, lay on the ground and after the hail of bullets expended shells were all over the street. When it was over, all that was left were the robbers’ two bicycles and a crowd that stood in awe stunned at the brazen mid-morning hold up.
