Drunk patron shot by bar owner
A similar scenario unfolded on Wednesday in the Corozal District, resulting in the death of a villager of Libertad. Carlos Richards, allegedly drunk and disorderly, was shot to death by bar proprietor Wilfredo Leal. Leal told police that Richards threatened him and tried to attack him, whereupon he shot Richards with his licensed twenty-gauge shotgun. Richards was D.O.A. at Corozal Hospital and Leal has been detained pending an investigation.
