Bar patron wounded in hold-up

Forty-six year old Marvin Nunez, a Honduran national, is recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot several times while seated inside a Belize City bar. Nunez, who did not wish to appear on camera, told police that around seven-thirty Tuesday night he was drinking beer inside the River Bottom Lounge on Regent Street West when two masked men entered the premises. Nunez says one man pointed a handgun at him while the other searched his pockets and stole fifty dollars. The men then started to exit the building, but upon leaving, Nunez told authorities the gunman started firing. All three shots found their mark entering his leg, arm and abdomen. Nunez remains in a stable condition at the K.H.M.H. Meanwhile, police are once again asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 0-800-922-TIPS. Authorities say all calls will be treated in the strictest confidence.