GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A U.S. citizen living in southern Guatemala died yesterday morning after being shot by intruders who appeared to be stealing coconuts from the victim’s property, police said.
The 62-year-old man was shot Friday night at his property in the rural town of Chicacao, 100 miles southeast of Guatemala City. He was taken to a hospital where he died yesterday, national police reported.
A written police report and personal documents identified the victim as David Lebold of Ohio, but authorities at the U.S. Embassy could not immediately confirm the man’s identity.
The assailants appeared to be stealing coconuts from palm trees on Mr. Lebold’s property when the shooting occurred.
Mr. Lebold was married to a Guatemalan woman and became a permanent resident of Guatemala in 2000, according to government documents.
He and his wife had lived in Chicacao since 2001.
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