An early morning shooting incident in San Pedro town has left a young mother hospitalized in Belize City. The victim has been identified as 17 year old Irma Mehia. According to reports, Mehia was inside her apartment on Marina Drive when there was a knock on her door sometime after 3 o'clock this morning. Reports from San Pedro town say that when Mehia opened the door, she was greeted with a barrage of gunshots. She was hit twice, once to her abdomen and to her right thumb. Mehia, according to reports, is the mother of a 1 month old baby and even though she was shot in the abdomen, she managed to run to her neighbors for help in calling the police. Mehia was rushed first to the San Pedro Polyclinic and then airlifted this morning via Winds of Hope to the Karl Heunser Memorial Hospital. Information received say that San Pedro police have detained two persons pending the outcome of their investigation of this shooting incident.

Patrick Jones