Police report that sometime around 6.30pm on Monday December 27th. they received reports that someone at a Racoon Street Extension address was shot and the person was taken to the K.H.M.H,
Police sources say that when they arrived at the KHMH they were informed that the person that was brought in earlier was 23 year old Derron Hernandez, and that he had already succumbed that a gun-shot injury.
Initial police investigation indicate that at 6:20pm on December 27th. Derron Hernandez was at his residence with his brother at #167 Raccoon Street Extension, Belize City.
Derron’s brother told police they heard the front gate being opened. Derron went to the front door to see who it was and that’s when he was shot by an unidentified man. The man reportedly fired a single shot hitting Derron Hernandez in the chest.
Reports are that the perpetrator was lurking in the neighborhood for several hours before the shooting. Derron’s brother told police that Derron had returned to his home from work shortly before he was shot.
Police has since put out a poster seeking the publics assistance in locating the killer of Derron Hernandez.