Police Have No Leads in Murder of Leslie Young Jr.
Leslie Young Jr.
Tonight, Belize City police are no closer to catching up with the individual who ruthlessly pursued and gunned down nineteen-year-old Leslie Young Junior in the wee small hours of Friday morning. Young was leaving an establishment on Newtown Barracks when someone began following him. The unnamed gunman then opened fire in Young’s direction. Despite an attempt to flee from his attacker, Young was fatally injured and fell dead near the Mexican Institute. With no leads, the Belize Police Department is stumped and time is running out to apprehend a suspect.
Hilberto Romero
ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division
“On Friday, December 15th, 2023, around 12:45 a.m., police responded to a shooting incident by the old Mexican Embassy area. Upon their arrival, they saw the lifeless body of Leslie Young, nineteen years old, with multiple gunshot injuries. Information is that Leslie Young left from a bar in the area and was heading towards the area of Princess to catch a taxi when he was approached by a male person who fired several shots causing his fatal injuries. We have no suspects for this shooting at this time. The information we have is that, yes, he was in the area of the… he was by the street, by the bar, then he left to catch a taxi. That was when he was targeted. This happened in the north side area and so we are still following up leads, but we have no suspects at this time, so we cannot say.”
