Kevonn Wade
On the night of Thursday, April 22, a resident of Punta Gorda Town, Toledo was shot and killed as he sat on his verandah. Less than a week later, police believe that they have found the responsible party, a 16-year-old minor. That minor has since been arrested and charged for the crime of murder in the presence of a social worker.
His victim, 37-year-old Kevonn Wade, was sitting on the verandah of his home located near Uno Gas Station on Main Street at around 7:30 p.m. when shots rang out, with residents recounting hearing the echoes of as many as six gunshots. In the aftermath, Wade, originally from the Western Paradise community located in the Belize District, lay motionless on the ground. Police were quick in their response, but despite their rapid reaction, the gunman had already fled the area and Wade was pronounced dead on arrival at the Punta Gorda Polyclinic. Surveillance video from the scene shows the shooter, fleeing on foot.
Omar Kantun and Lesbia Alvarez
There was a gruesome murder which took place in the quiet southern village of Silk Grass located in the Stann Creek district. It took place on Friday, March 26 while Omar Kantun and his common-law wife were at their home in the village. Kantun, 45, was stabbed some 56 times to the body, with reports indicating that at least 40 of those were to his back. Initial rumors were that he was murdered at the hands of the woman with whom he was in a relationship, 53-year-old Lesbia Alvarez. Those rumors have seemingly been confirmed after Alvarez, a Guatemalan national, was arrested and charged for Kantun’s murder.
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