Kelvin Gongora is Caught on Tape Attempting to Shoot Restaurant Patron

Kelvin Gongora

Nineteen-year-old Kelvin Gongora has been arrested and charged for attempting to discharge a firearm inside a Chinese fast-food restaurant on Mahogany Street last Friday.  The Mopan Street resident was caught on surveillance camera taking aim at a patron of the establishment when the weapon snapped twice.  He then trained the firearm in the direction of other persons gathered inside Tasty Restaurant before fleeing the scene.  Police were able to review the footage and later identified Gongora as the gunman.  He has since been indicted on a count of aggravated assault.

Alejandro Cowo

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

“Reference a video that was circulating on social media over the weekend, police conducted an investigation whereby the footage was retrieved by police and as a result of that, a male person by the name of Kelvin Gongora, nineteen-years-old of a Mopan Street address, was arrested and charged for the crime of aggravated assault after he was seen pointing a gun at an individual and then at a group of persons where the gun had snapped several times.  Based on that, police arrested Mr. Gongora for the crime of aggravated assault.”

Reporter

“What’s the motive?”

ASP Alejandro Cowo

“As what we understand, the target was one of the male persons who had walked away from the restaurant and he was the first person that the gun was pointed at and where the gun snapped twice.”

Reporter

“Was there a previous altercation or, as they call it, old beef between the two individuals?”

ASP Alejandro Cowo

“Yes, that’s an ongoing dispute that is stemming up from different incidents between two of the gang groups in that area.”

Reporter

“Sir, has the firearm been recovered?”

ASP Alejandro Cowo

“No, the firearm was not recovered.”

Reporter

“So essentially that video footage captured what could have been a murder.”

ASP Alejandro Cowo

“Yes, indeed.”