Bz. City taximan shot in head during robbery

A Belize City taxi driver is in serious condition after he was shot during a robbery on Friday night. According to police, around 8:00 that night, forty-four year old Richard Acosta was hired to take four men from the Biltmore Plaza to Ladyville. The men asked Acosta to take them to Marage Road, but when they reached a dark section of the street, one of them took out a handgun and shot him in the head. They then threw him out of the car and sped off into the night. Acosta was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where he is being treated for a gunshot wound to the left side of his head. Up to newstime, no one has been detained in connection with this incident.