Bz. City youth wounded in drive-by

Eighteen-year-old Fernando Middleton, a Belize City resident, is lucky to be alive after he was sprayed with bullets on Saturday Night. Middleton told police that around eight, he was walking on Baracat Street, when a gold four door car with three men inside, pulled up next to him. According to Middleton, one of the passengers then fired several shots. Middleton received three wounds to his abdomen and is hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. At the scene, police recovered one nine millimetre expended shell. Authorities say they have no motive for the shooting and still do not have any suspects.