Man gunned down in front of his home

There was a murder on the south side of Belize City on Tuesday night at about the same time the grenade exploded. It happened around eight o’clock and claimed the life of twenty-nine year old Windell Zelaya of four Allan Pitts Crescent. Zelaya was gunned down near a bus shed on Caesar Ridge Road right across from where he lived. Police say Zelaya was killed while talking to a security guard. His killers were apparently inside a gold Chevy Tracker that sped from the direction of the Central American Boulevard. The tracker, which had a shattered window, reportedly stopped as it reached the location and two men came out and fired at Zelaya, then got back inside and sped off. Zelaya was pronounced dead around ten-twenty that same night. His uncle, Windell Carcamo who preferred to talk off-camera, said he has no clue who would want his nephew dead.

Voice of Windell Carcamo, Uncle of Murder Victim
“Me and my gial mi deh inside ah di house and we di watch di news and afta dat we mi di watch wah program. Afta dat I yer wah first shot BOW! Dah like wah crackers but afta when time I usually yer dat I usually jump up and look outside. By di time I look outside I see wah gentleman di run cross eena di bush cross di street deh and when I look eena di bus stop pan di ground di lie down. Only dat as far as I could recall back I si. Di gentleman just seh my nephew—because he usually go buy fi everybody round yah soh. Everybody ask ah fi go buy, he goh buy. So I noh si no reason why dehn had to kill my lee nephew and chance ah out ah ih life fi nothing. All weh we hear dah lone gunshot, lone gunshot.”

Marion Ali
“Was he alone?”

Voice of Windell Carcamo
“No, he mi deh wid wah next young man weh work dah U.B., I think, di talk cross di street. Di young man supposed to send ah gone buy and when ih come back, far as weh he tell we, he and my nephew “Coolie” mi di talk right deh when he seh he just si wah vehicle come from round di lane, pull up pan he. He seh he si two somebody just come and start let go bullet. Like weh I seh, when me and gial come outside and look cross di street dah den we si my nephew cross di street.”

Marion Ali
“Fourteen bullets, sound like dehn really mi wah…”

Voice of Windell Carcamo
“Fourteen, dehn really wahn kill ah mami. Fourteen; three eena ih head top, one eena ih hand, one pan ih buttock, two eena ih leg and all di rest eena ih side. When I gone si di post mortem di police seh dehn find seven slug eena ah and all di rest eena ih side. He noh deserve dat. Ih hurt me and ih hurt me bad and like weh I seh, what goes around comes around.”

Police have one person in custody and are looking for one suspect. This afternoon they told News Five that the killers probably suspected that Zelaya was involved in a shooting last week in which Albert Moody was injured.