BELIZE CITY, Mon. Jan. 17, 2022– Dorian Tzac, 25, a Belize City welder who resided on Antelope Street in Belize City, was fatally wounded when a gunman entered the lower flat of the two-storey building in which he lived at around 8:20 p.m. and opened fire on Tzac and his companions. Tzac would later pass away as a result of the wounds he received, while a 14-year-old minor who was in his company during the shooting and who was also wounded by the gunman is listed in a critical condition in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. When police arrived at the scene of the incident, Tzac was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment and succumbed to his injuries approximately five to ten minutes later.

“The initial investigation, [has] revealed so far that they were in a room at the lower flat of a house on Antelope [Street] Extension when a lone gunman entered the yard, opened that door to the room, opened fire on both of them, fatally injuring Mr. Tzac and causing injuries to the minor,” said the Belize Police Department’s communications director, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, at a police press briefing.

It is unclear at this point what the motive was for the attack, and there is currently no indication whether or not Tzac was the gunman’s intended target.

“We are not ruling out anything, but I don’t know if I mentioned, Mr. Tzac was a welder, a gainfully employed person. So, for us to just say directly that it’s a gang-affiliated shooting, it wouldn’t be fair, because, [as] I said, he was not one of those that we would say was idling. He had a job and actually, he does his welding right from his home,” said ASP Yearwood.

Police have since arrested Malcolm Muschamp, 20, a Ladyville resident, in connection with the shooting. He been charged with murder, attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm, and dangerous harm and was arraigned in court today, Monday, January 17, 2022.