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Corozaleño, 18, murdered in Orange Walk

HeadlineCorozaleño, 18, murdered in Orange Walk

What started out as an altercation in front of a popular Orange Walk nightclub early yesterday morning, August 3, later claimed the life of a Corozal resident who was followed and shot dead outside Garcia’s Tacos Place in Orange Walk.

The murder reportedly occurred sometime between 5:45 and 6:00 a.m. Orange Walk police said that they were called out to the scene at the Fort Cairns Plaza shortly after, and saw Roy Bayliss, 18, of a 3rd Street North address in Skeleton Town, Corozal, bleeding from what appeared to be gunshot wounds in the right cheek and below the left ear.

According to police, Bayliss had been involved in an altercation with a man in front of Hi-5 Nightclub, and upon leaving the area, he was followed by a gunman and shot multiple times in the upper part of the body as he attempted to have breakfast in another part of that municipality.

His body was transported to the Northern Regional Morgue, where it awaits a post-mortem.

When we contacted Orange Walk police, they told us that they are investigating the homicide, and that 15 men are currently detained for questioning in connection with the killing.

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