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Dennis “Chingy” Palacio murdered on Seaweed Street

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On Saturday, April 26th at about 11:30PM, police visited the residence of 84-year-old Belizean Businessman of Seaweed Street in the San Juan Area where they saw the body of a dark complexion male person dressed in a white T-Shirt and Khaki 3/4 short pants identified as 43-year-old Dennis “Chingy” Palacio, Belizean Laborer of San Juan Area, San Pedro Town lying face down with four gunshot wounds: one wound to the left side of the lower back, two wound to the right upper back near the shoulder and one wound to the right finger. 18 Dennis Palacio Murdered-1Initial investigation revealed that sometime around 11:25PM on the same date Palacio was leaning on a fence of a residence facing Seaweed Street when he was approached by a male person dressed in a black T-shirt and red short pants who fired five shots at him causing his injuries. The body now lies at the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital morgue where it awaits a post mortem examination. Police investigations continue.

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