By the WBWTN News Team | May 6, 2025
Belize City, (WBWTN) - Early Tuesday morning, 31-year-old Kadeem Orosco was fatally shot near the corner of Ebony Street and Sarstoon Street in Belize City, shortly after reportedly dropping off his young daughter at school. Authorities believe his killing could be tied to the city’s ongoing surge in gang conflicts.
Orosco’s body was discovered on the roadside, his cell phone lying nearby on the pavement. Family members insist he had no ties to gang activity and believe he was simply targeted while returning home from his routine school drop off. Orosco leaves behind a Standard One daughter, whose school is located not far from the crime scene.
This is the third killing reported in Belize City in just two days, and the fourth since the night of Labour Day. In response to the surge in violence, police have detained over 60 known gang affiliates in what they describe as an urgent effort to clamp down on escalating crime.
Orosco was a resident of Ebony Street and described by loved ones as a peaceful father who kept to himself.
Another life, another father, taken too soon and this time, while fulfilling one of life’s most sacred duties: taking his child to school. The streets of Belize City have become a battlefield where even innocence is no longer a shield. Kadeem Orosco’s death is not just a statistic in the city’s murder count it’s a brutal reminder of how deeply gun violence is tearing into the very fabric of families and communities. His story underscores the urgent need for meaningful action not just from police, but from all corners of society. Because when the streets claim a father on his way home from school drop-off, the loss isn't just his family’s. It’s all of ours.
