The tight-knit Lord’s Bank community in Belize is grappling with fear and grief after a beloved local construction worker became the latest victim of brutal gun violence, leaving his family shattered and residents reeling from yet another senseless killing.
George Anglin, a devoted family man who saw construction as more than a trade — as a way to build a stable, rooted life near the people he loved — was gunned down just steps from his own front door on the evening of May 14, 2026. Authorities have confirmed that Anglin had been receiving threats in the period leading up to his attack, though no clear motive has been officially established as the investigation proceeds.
According to witness accounts collected by local outlet News Five, the assailants called Anglin out by name from the street outside his property. Family members initially assumed the person outside had returned Anglin’s motorcycle, which he had taken to a local mechanic for repairs earlier that day. When Anglin walked out to the street to meet the caller, the gunmen opened fire immediately.
Anglin’s niece, who was nearby when the shots rang out, rushed to the scene to find her uncle lying in a pool of blood, with first responders and community members already starting to gather. Still overwhelmed by shock, she described the devastating moment in an on-the-record interview: “I rushed cross there I went through the lee short cut. My uncle was on the ground in a pool of his own blood. By the time I got there, there were already police there, people gathering, talking and I could not hold back tears. Its cruel and it just makes me want to stay far from everybody and want to enclose myself and not mess with anybody, because you never know who is out to hurt you just to hurt you.”
For the Anglin family, this killing is not an isolated tragedy — it is the latest chapter in a decades-long cycle of violent death that has haunted multiple generations. Just five months prior, in December 2025, George Anglin’s brother Beris Anglin was shot and killed inside his own home in nearby Orange Walk. More than 20 years before that, the brothers’ father was stabbed to death in the same district.
Authorities have not yet confirmed any connection between George Anglin’s murder and the December 2025 killing of his brother. “There is no information so far suggesting a nexus with the two, however the investigation is ongoing,” explained Assistant Superintendent of Police Stacy Smith, Staff Officer for the department, in an official statement to reporters.
Community members who knew Anglin remember him as a gentle, dedicated family man and a loving father figure. The half-finished three-bedroom apartment he had been building brick by brick stands as a stark reminder of the life and future that was cut short by the attack.
The killing has renewed fear in a community that has already been shaken by repeated outbreaks of violent gun crime. As police continue their investigation into the attack, Anglin’s family is left to navigate the agonizing process of grieving yet another loved one lost to senseless violence.