2 suspects arrested in Monsanto shooting

Two men are behind bars tonight, arrested for the driveby shooting of reputed gang figure Clay Monsanto and two friends on Monday night. Brothers Gerald and Sheldon Tillett ages twenty-one and twenty of George Street in Belize City, were this afternoon denied bail and charged jointly with three counts of attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. Monsanto, Shawn Alvarez and Kendal Robinson were wounded by gunfire from a white Toyota Camry as they stood talking on the corner of Central American Boulevard and Ebony Street. Monsanto, believed to be the main target in the shooting, was the most seriously wounded and remains under observation at the K.H.M.H. Robinson has been treated and released, while Alvarez is expected to be discharged shortly. The Tilletts, now residing at Hattieville Prison, will reappear in Magistrate’s Court on July seventeenth.