2 Bz. City youths shot while playing ball
Two Belize City teenagers are tonight recovering from gunshot wounds sustained while playing basketball this morning. According to police, shortly before midday eighteen-year-old Lloyd Diego and nineteen-year-old Dennis Myvette were running ball at the court at corner of Vernon and Sittee Streets when a gunman riding by on a bicycle shot at them. Diego was hit in his left shoulder, while Myvette was shot in his left foot. Police have since identified Trevor Smith of a Mopan Street address as the shooter and anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to contact the nearest police station.