Orange Walk Man Shot Dead Near His House

A man from Orange Walk was shot dead on Saturday night in that town. The victim, twenty-five-year-old Roberto Aragon lived less than a hundred yards away, through an alley. The incident happened in the wee hours of Sunday and no one was around when it happened. However, police are checking whether any surveillance camera in the area might have picked up the incident. Aragon, who lived with his mother through a nearby alley, did not have a police record. News Five’s Marion Ali reports.

Marion Ali, Reporting

The bloodstains on Staine Street in Orange Walk Town mark the spot where twenty-five-year-old Roberto Aragon was shot dead. He was standing fewer than a hundred yards from his house when he was targeted.

Hilberto Romero

A.C.P Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division

“On Sunday, the 18th day of June, 2023, around 4:30 a.m., police responded to a shooting at Staine Alley in Orange Walk Town. Upon the arrival, they found the lifeless body of Roberto Argon, 25 years, with gunshot injuries to the body. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Information is that he was in the alley when shots were heard. The police responded and found him motionless there.”

While no one may have witnessed the incident, a resident told News Five that a volley of gunshots woke her up. When they went outside to check, it was her neighbor who lived with his mother through the alley. When we arrived at the small wooden house today, it was locked. Neighbors say they haven’t seen her since her son’s murder. A.C.P Hilberto Romero, the Regional Commander for Eastern Division, said that police are scouting the area for whatever evidence they can gather.

A.C.P. Hilberto Romero

“Investigators are combining the area and if they find, uh, video footage, then that will be obtained. They’re on the ground at this time working on the case. We do not know what led to this shooting.”

Romero said Aragon was not known to police. Marion Ali for News Five.