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BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 24, 2016–A Belize Coast Guard officer, Daniel Arzu, 28, is in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) fighting for his life after he was shot once in the head with a 9mm pistol.

The bullet pierced his right temple and cracked a portion of his skull as it exited his head.

Arzu was reportedly at home in an apartment complex on Neal Pen Road at the time of the shooting, sometime before 5 p.m. today, Monday. He was immediately rushed to the KHMH, where relatives and friends are fervently hoping for his recovery, despite a grim prognosis.

Further details on the shooting are yet to be made public. ACP Chester Williams has agreed to release further details at a press conference tomorrow, Tuesday.

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