Corozal Club Shooting Leaves One Dead; Police Seek Suspect

The police are also searching for the person responsible for last weekend’s murder of Jahmor Gabourel. The 24-year-old was gunned down at Mi Compa nightclub just after one o’clock on Sunday in Ranchito Village, Corozal District. Police say Gabourel was involved in an altercation that escalated and resulted in shots being fired. He was hit multiple times and died on the scene. Today, Police Commissioner, Chester Williams, spoke on the incident and why he believes the deadly shooting could have been prevented.

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police: “Well the Corozal murder is rather unfortunate. I must say that again it is important that the liquor licensing board listen to the police. We had made several attempts to have that bar closed down. It was closed down temporarily for a little while and the reason we had made those requests was because we foresaw this happening. But again they were able to get licensed and continue to operate and now this happened. None the less the police are on top of it. We know who the suspect is and we’re still pursuing that person at this time. We’re hoping to find that person very soon and we’ll be able to lay charges against that person. But again it was a group of persons who had some misunderstanding and that misunderstanding led to the fatal shooting of the victim.”

The shooting also resulted in 24-year-old Ethon Galvez being injured.