Stephon Anderson remanded for the attempted murder of Andrew Augustine

Stephon Anderson

In Monday’s newscast, we reported on the shooting of twenty-one year old Computer Technician, Andrew Augustine. While Augustine remains hospitalized, police believe the alleged gunman was twenty-three year old Stephon Anderson. And late this evening, the Ebony Street resident was charged and arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. An unrepresented Anderson was slapped with three indictable offenses: Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Dangerous Harm. No plea was taken and Anderson was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until April fifteenth. The shooting occurred on Sunday night. While Augustine was walking on Jasmine Street, he was allegedly approached by Anderson, who took out a weapon and fired a single shot. Augustine was hit to the neck. Augustine remains in a critical, but stable condition at the K.H.M.H.