by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 27, 2023
A teen hailing from Independence Village, Stann Creek District, was executed on Balan Street in the Lake Independence area of Belize City moments after midday today, Thursday, April 27. Amandala has confirmed the identity of the teen as Shamar Shanton Cabral, 19, a delivery man.
Initial reports provided have determined that sometime after 1:00 p.m., Cabral was in the area of Balan Street visiting a friend, and while parking his motorcycle, four male persons approached him and demanded that he hand over his transport vehicle.
Throughout the attack one of the individuals held on to him, while another produced a knife-like object and inflicted injuries on him. During the scuffle a third individual pulled out a firearm and held Cabral at gunpoint and told him, “Dis bike da fu we now, bwai!”
Fearing for his life Shamar yielded and started to walk away. Still, he was fatally shot by the said male person who had the firearm.
Judith Estell, a friend of Cabral, told Amandala that Cabral had arrived in the old capital just hours before his demise, and his purpose for being there was to take her out for a belated birthday treat.
“He came down here to see me because my birthday just went on April 18, and he wanted me to go to Mango Creek to go see him so that we could spend it together, but I told him I would not be able to make it there. So, he said that he will come here and we’ll spend it together,” she said.
Estell said that while she was waiting for Cabral to pick her up to spend time together, she called him, not knowing that he had already been killed.
Reports are suggesting that Cabral was socializing in the area with several friends, and had left the area to go to the bank to get more money when he was targeted.
At the scene, Senior Superintendent of Police, Reymundo Reyes, Deputy OC, told reporters that they believe the motive for Cabral’s death is robbery, as the motorcycle he was on had been stolen, but there was no confirmation on whether the money he had gone to retrieve was stolen as well.
Police have detained one person concerning this latest homicide.