No Charges after Truck Driver Shot During Argument with Boss

Alejandro Cowo

Two hours before the shooting of Paredes, police were processing the scene of yet another incident on Central American Boulevard. An argument between a Lebanese businessman and his employee did not end well when he took out his licensed firearm and shot the truck driver. But although Felicito Cho was injured to his wrist and received abrasions on his forehead, he has given a statement to police that he is not pressing charges against his boss.  ASP Cowo details what happened just after five p.m. on Saturday.

ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City

“Sometime after five p.m., Felicito Cho, a truck driver, was inside of his truck which was parked at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Caesar Ridge Road when he was approached by the owner of the truck, businessman namely Mister Khalid El Turk where a confrontation ensued between the two of them and as a result Mister Khalid pulled out his licensed firearm and fired several shots at Mister Cho injuring him on his right wrist and receiving abrasion to the left foot and to his forehead. Police at the scene detained Mister Khalid and also his licensed firearm was confiscated as exhibit. Mister Cho was treated and discharged the same day from the hospital where the doctor certified his injuries to be wounding.”