By Breaking Belize News Staff: Police have detained one person as they investigate the shooting of 35-year-old Alfred Anthony Mahler in the Maya Ranch area of Cayo.
According to a police situation report, authorities received information shortly after 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, that a man had been shot near Maya Ranch and was being transported to the San Ignacio Community Hospital.
Police subsequently intercepted a person travelling in a white Toyota 4Runner on Cristo Rey Road and detained that individual in connection with the investigation.
Investigators later searched a maroon Ford F-150 allegedly connected to the incident and reported finding .223 ammunition, including an expended casing.
Police also searched a residence linked to the investigation, where they reportedly discovered a Sturm Ruger .223 rifle with ammunition concealed beneath a bathtub, along with a 12-gauge Stevens shotgun. Additional ammunition was also found inside the home.
At a scene near Mile 5 on the Chiquibul Road, police recovered several expended .223 casings and observed blood droplets.
Mahler, a Belmopan security officer, suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his abdomen which reportedly exited through his back. He was transferred to the Western Regional Hospital in critical condition.
The shooting is the latest violent incident connected to the contentious Maya Ranch area, where farmers have been engaged in a longstanding land dispute with the property’s owners.
In March, a farmer from San Antonio Village was charged with attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and grievous harm in connection with the shooting of Police Sergeant Dalon Kelly during an earlier confrontation at Maya Ranch.
Police have not announced any charges in connection with Mahler’s shooting, and the identity of the detained person is therefore being withheld at this time.
I’d also keep the March case generic in this version so the earlier accused is not indirectly linked to the new shooting before charges are filed.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: Police have detained one person as they investigate the shooting of 35-year-old Alfred Anthony Mahler in the Maya Ranch area of Cayo. According to a police situation report, authorities received information shortly after 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, that a man had been shot near Maya Ranch and was
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